jealously
Guarding something covetously
Jealously is the adverb form of jealous, describing actions done with possessive vigilance or envious resentment.
To guard something jealously is to protect it fiercely against any threat: She jealously guarded her privacy.
The word can also describe acting from envy: He jealously watched his colleague's promotion.
In a safeguarding way
- fiercelyWith intense aggression
- carefullyWith deliberate attention
- secretivelyIn concealed fashion
- vigilantlyWith keen awareness
watchfully · defensively · possessively · closely · tightly · cautiously · warily · securely
Excessive desire for possessions
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- begrudgingReluctantly allowing or giving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
desire · enviousness · bitterness · rivalry · comparison · inferiority · discontent · greed
Persistent bitter displeasure
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- distrustAbsence of confidence
spite · rancor · hostility · animosity · ill-will · pettiness · contempt · discontent
Tending to hold on
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- controllingExerting authority over others
- obsessiveConsumed by fixation
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
monopolizing · guarding · protective · paranoid · insecure · suspicious · demanding · restrictive
protectively
In a safeguarding way
- fiercelyWith intense aggression
- carefullyWith deliberate attention
- secretivelyIn concealed fashion
vigilantly · watchfully · defensively · possessively · closely · tightly · cautiously · warily · securely · privately
covetousness
Excessive desire for possessions
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- begrudgingReluctantly allowing or giving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
yearning · desire · enviousness · bitterness · rivalry · comparison · inferiority · discontent · greed · competitiveness
resentment
Persistent bitter displeasure
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
distrust · spite · rancor · hostility · animosity · ill-will · pettiness · contempt · discontent · hurt
clingy
Tending to hold on
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- controllingExerting authority over others
- obsessiveConsumed by fixation
domineering · monopolizing · guarding · protective · paranoid · insecure · suspicious · demanding · restrictive · exclusive
jealouslygenerously
With free-giving spirit
magnanimously · kindly · graciously · charitably · benevolently
jealouslyloosely
Without being tight
carelessly · freely · openly · casually · negligently
jealouslyunconcernedly
Without care or worry
indifferently · nonchalantly · dispassionately · apathetically · detachedly
- jealous rageAngry outburst from possessiveness
- jealous exEnvious former romantic partner
- jealous typeSomeone easily envious romantically
- jealous husbandMan threatened by rivals
- romantic jealousyDistress over rival threat
- sibling jealousyEnvy between brothers/sisters