jealousy
Use Jealousy in a sentence
ə noun, plural jeal·ous·ies for 4.
1.
jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
3.
vigilance in maintaining or guarding something.
4.
a jealous feeling, disposition, state, or mood.
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| —n , pl -ousies | |
| the state or quality of being jealous | |
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Jealousy definition
suspicion of a wife's purity, one of the strongest passions (Num. 5:14; Prov. 6:34; Cant. 8:6); also an intense interest for another's honour or prosperity (Ps. 79:5; 1 Cor. 10:22; Zech. 1:14).
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Example sentences
He experiences joy, jealousy, fantasy and love.
Their mutual antipathies are generally much stronger than jealousy of the government.
The lack of self-esteem and jealousy, have been etiologies for weakness, as a manifestation of negativity.
Jealousy often attacks those who feel they are not measuring up.
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