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in·vid·i·ous    Audio Help   [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]

—Related forms
in·vid·i·ous·ly, adverb
in·vid·i·ous·ness, noun
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in·vid·i·ous    Audio Help   (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.
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invidiously

adverb
in a manner arousing resentment 

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