noun
jealousy
Resentment of someone else's success, advantages, or possessions.
Jealousy makes it hard for him to celebrate her success.
Etymology
The noun names the state associated with jealous feeling. In this sense, the concern is another person’s advantage or success and the resentment it provokes.
More examples
- She felt a flash of jealousy at their new house.
- The award stirred jealousy among his colleagues.
- He learned to recognize his jealousy of other people’s opportunities.
Forms
jealousy · jealousies
jealous adjective — resenting someone else’s advantages
Similar words
- envy
- Resentful desire for what another person has.
- resentment
- Bitterness over something perceived as unfair.