enviously
In jealous manner
Enviously describes doing something with envy—wanting what someone else has.
She watched enviously as her sister opened the gift.
The word often appears with verbs of perception: looking enviously, gazing enviously, eyeing enviously.
It can shade from mild wistfulness to genuine resentment.
Marked by envy
- jealousResentful of others' advantages
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
- comparingExamining for differences
- measuringDetermining size or amount
rivaling · emulative · inadequate · inferior · insecure · self-conscious · watchful · observing
Deeply desire something
- craveIntensely desire something
- desireIntense wanting
- covetDesire greedily
- longingIntense, persistent desire
wanting · desirous · wishful · greed · lust · hanker · pine · ache
Sharp, unpleasant taste
- grudgingReluctant, resentful in giving
- spitefulWanting to hurt others
- begrudgingReluctantly allowing or giving
- pettyOf little importance
vindictive · hostile · sour · discontented · rancorous · malicious · acrimonious · ill-willed
green-eyed
Marked by envy
- jealousResentful of others' advantages
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
- comparingExamining for differences
measuring · rivaling · emulative · inadequate · inferior · insecure · self-conscious · watchful · observing · scrutinizing
yearn
Deeply desire something
longing · wanting · desirous · wishful · greed · lust · hanker · pine · ache · thirst
bitter
Sharp, unpleasant taste
- grudgingReluctant, resentful in giving
- spitefulWanting to hurt others
- begrudgingReluctantly allowing or giving
petty · vindictive · hostile · sour · discontented · rancorous · malicious · acrimonious · ill-willed · antagonistic
enviouslygenerously
With free-giving spirit
admiringly · magnanimously · kindly · appreciatively · benevolently
enviouslycontentedly
In a fulfilled way
gratefully · thankfully · serenely · ungrudgingly · fulfilled