envy

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another.
• noun The object of such feeling.
• noun Obsolete Malevolence.
• transitive verb To feel envy toward (another person).
• transitive verb To regard (something) with envy.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To challenge (in a game).
• To vie with; emulate.
• To strive; contend; vie.
• noun A feeling of uneasiness, mortification, or discontent excited by the contemplation of another's superiority, prosperity, or success, accompanied with some degree of enmity or malignity, and often or usually with a desire or an effort to discomfit or mortify the person envied: usually followed by of.
• noun Hatred; ill will; malice.
• noun Public odium; ill repute.
• noun An object of envy.
• noun Synonyms Jealousy, Envy. Jealousy is the malign feeling which is often had toward a rival, or possible rival, for the possession of that which we greatly desire, as in love or ambition. Envy is a similar feeling toward one, whether rival or not, who already possesses that which we greatly desire. Jealousy is enmity prompted by fear; envy is enmity prompted by covetousness.
• To regard with envy; look upon as the possessor of what is wanting in or to one's self, with a longing for it, and either with or without, a desire for the deprivation or discomfiture of him who has it: often with both the possessor and the thing possessed as objects.
• To feel envy on account of; regard grudgingly or wistfully another's possession or experience of, either with or without malevolent feeling.
• To regard unfavorably; revolt against; oppose.
• To do harm to; injure.
• To be affected with envy; have envious feelings; regard something pertaining to another with grudge or longing: formerly often followed by at.
• noun A challenge (in a game); a vying; a vie.
• noun A contention; an attempt; an attack.
• noun Emulation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolete Malice; ill will; spite.
• noun Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of.
• noun obsolete Emulation; rivalry.
• noun obsolete Public odium; ill repute.
• noun An object of envious notice or feeling.
• intransitive verb To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.
• intransitive verb obsolete To show malice or ill will; to rail.
• transitive verb To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.
• transitive verb To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.
• transitive verb To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
• transitive verb obsolete To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
• transitive verb obsolete To hate.
• transitive verb obsolete To emulate.

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• verb obsolete To show malice or ill will; to rail.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb be envious of; set one's heart on
• verb feel envious towards; admire enviously
• noun spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)
• noun a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another