green-eyed monster
Resentment over others
Jealousy, personified as a creature.
The phrase comes from Shakespeare's *Othello*, where Iago warns against "the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." Green has long been associated with envy—perhaps from the pallor of jealous rage or the color of bile.
Beware the green-eyed monster when your ex starts dating someone new.
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- OthelloVenetian military commander
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- envyResentful longing for another's
- DesdemonaVenetian bride wrongly murdered
love triangle · suspicion · Iago · resentment · bitter rival · insecurity · spite · mistrust · trust issues · Shakespeare · begrudge · possessiveness · enviousness · inferiority complex · rivalry · bitterness · lover · covet
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello
- Shakespeare phrasesto be or not to be, et tu Brute, all the world's a stage, out damned spot, friends Romans countrymen
- jealousyenvy, covetousness, resentment, possessiveness, rivalry
- AllusionsAchilles heel, Pandora's box, Trojan horse, forbidden fruit, Midas touch
- literary idiomscatch-22, red herring, white whale, chapter and verse, by the book
- Literary Phrasesto be or not to be, carpe diem, et tu Brute, call me Ishmael, once upon a time
green-eyed monsteradmiration
Deep respect felt
appreciation · goodwill · magnanimity · contentment · benevolence
green-eyed monstertrust
Confidence in another
security · emotional security · confidence · self-assurance · faith