invidiousness
Causing ill will
The quality of causing resentment or ill will, typically through unfair comparison or discrimination.
An invidious distinction singles out someone for negative treatment; its invidiousness lies in the implicit insult: The invidiousness of the policy became clear when promotions went only to men.
The word carries a sense of something quietly poisonous—harm done through seeming neutrality.
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- rancorLasting bitter resentment
- acrimonyBitter ill will
- spitePetty malicious intent
malice · animosity · hostility · ill-will · animus · enmity · vitriol · antipathy
Unjust or biased treatment
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
bias · double standards · unequal treatment · disparity · injustice · selectivity · preferential · exclusion
Ordered position assignment
- differentialRelative difference between things
- unflatteringMaking someone look bad
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
- demeaningCausing loss of respect
disparaging · judging · evaluating · slighting · diminishing · undermining
Excessive desire for possessions
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- begrudgingReluctantly allowing or giving
- green-eyedMarked by envy
- longingIntense, persistent desire
yearning · coveting · rivalry · competitive · resentful · possessiveness · insecurity · comparing
bitterness
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
spite · malice · animosity · hostility · ill-will · animus · enmity · vitriol · antipathy · grievance
unfairness
Unjust or biased treatment
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
prejudice · bias · double standards · unequal treatment · disparity · injustice · selectivity · preferential · exclusion · arbitrary
ranking
Ordered position assignment
- differentialRelative difference between things
- unflatteringMaking someone look bad
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
demeaning · disparaging · judging · evaluating · slighting · diminishing · undermining
covetousness
Excessive desire for possessions
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- begrudgingReluctantly allowing or giving
- green-eyedMarked by envy
longing · yearning · coveting · rivalry · competitive · resentful · possessiveness · insecurity · comparing · wanting
invidiousnessfairness
Just and equal treatment
impartiality · equitableness · objectivity · neutrality · justice
invidiousnessbenevolence
Disposition toward doing good
goodwill · kindness · magnanimity · sympathy · admiration
invidiousnessharmoniousness
Quality of agreeable arrangement
agreeableness · amicability · congeniality · inoffensiveness · unity
envious, invidious, enviable, envies, envied, unenviable, enviously, enviousness, envier