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invidious

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in⋅vid⋅i⋅ous

  [in-vid-ee-uhs]
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–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

Related forms:
in⋅vid⋅i⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
in⋅vid⋅i⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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in·vid·i·ous   (ĭn-vĭd'ē-əs)   
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.
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Word Origin & History

invidious 
1606, from L. invidiosus "envious," from invidia "ill will" (see envy).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: in·vid·i·ous
Pronunciation: in-'vi-dE-&s
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being discrimination that arises from the creation of a classification that is arbitrary, irrational, or capricious and not related to a legitimate purpose —in·vid·i·ous·ly adverb —in·vid·i·ous·ness noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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