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6 dictionary results for: Invidious
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
in·vid·i·ous       [in-vid-ee-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful: invidious remarks.
2.offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious: invidious comparisons.
3.causing or tending to cause animosity, resentment, or envy: an invidious honor.
4.Obsolete. envious.

[Origin: 1600–10; < L invidiōsus envious, envied, hateful, equiv. to invidi(a) envy + -ōsus -ous]

in·vid·i·ous·ly, adverb
in·vid·i·ous·ness, noun
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
in·vid·i·ous       (ĭn-vĭd'ē-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment: invidious accusations.
  2. Containing or implying a slight; discriminatory: invidious distinctions.
  3. Envious.


[From Latin invidiōsus, envious, hostile, from invidia, envy; see envy.]

in·vid'i·ous·ly adv., in·vid'i·ous·ness n.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
invidious 
1606, from L. invidiosus "envious," from invidia "ill will" (see envy).

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
invidious

adjective
containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons" [syn: discriminatory

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: in·vid·i·ous
Pronunciation: in-'vi-dE-&s
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being discrimination that arises from thecreation of a classification that is arbitrary, irrational, or capricious and not related to a legitimate purpose —in·vid·i·ous·ly adverbin·vid·i·ous·ness noun

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Invidious

En"vi*ous\, a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Invidious.]

1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.]

Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. --Shak.

2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.

My soul is envious of mine eye. --Keble.

Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv. 19.

3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser.

4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]

No men are so envious of their health. --Jer. Taylor. -- En"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- En"vi*ous*ness, n.

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