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jealousy
[ jel-uh-see ]
noun
- jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- mental uneasiness from suspicion or fear of rivalry, unfaithfulness, etc., as in love or aims.
- vigilance in maintaining or guarding something.
- a jealous feeling, disposition, state, or mood.
jealousy
/ ˈdʒɛləsɪ /
noun
- the state or quality of being jealous
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However, her jealousy drove her so much that she wanted to be seen at the wedding.
Hours later, he confessed to having shot his girlfriend out of jealousy.
So yeah, a lot of the press about Martin Amis is fueled by jealousy.
Their relationship was messy and sordid and full of lies and jealousy and betrayal and backstabbing.
During the visit, Kermit kissed the First Lady's hand, risking the potential jealousy of Miss Piggy.
She was as incapable of jealousy as of aching vanity in the fact of a son whom the world was never permitted to forget.
Sick with jealousy and spite, she bowed as she passed, trying to look eighteen, and tenderly reproachful.
He looked back—looked down—upon former emotions and activities; and hence the confusing alternating of jealousy and forgiveness.
But though he conquered this weakness, he never overcame his jealousy of his fellow Marshals and generals.
His perception was still exceptionally alert, its acuteness left over, apparently, from the earlier days of pain and jealousy.
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