envy

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

en·vy (ĕnʹvē)n. pl. en·vies
1.
a. A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another.
b. The object of such feeling:
Their new pool made them the envy of their neighbors.
2. Obsolete. Malevolence.tr.v. en·vied, en·vy·ing, en·vies
1. To feel envy toward.
2. To regard with envy. [Middle English envie, from Old French, from Latin invidia, from invidus, envious, from invidēre, to look at with envy : in-, in, on; see en-¹ + vidēre, to see; See weid- in Indo-European Roots. V., from Middle English envien from Old French envier, from Latin invidēre.] enʹvi·er n.enʹvy·ing·ly adv. 
Synonyms: envy, begrudge, covet
These verbs mean to feel resentful or painful desire for another's advantages or possessions. Envy, the most general, combines discontent, resentment, and desire: “When I peruse the conquered fame of heroes and the victories of mighty generals, I do not envy the generals” (Walt Whitman). Begrudge stresses ill will and reluctance to acknowledge another's right or claim: Why begrudge him his success? Covet stresses a secret or culpable longing for something to which one has no right: “We hate no people and covet no people's lands” (Wendell L. Willkie).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  invidia, enviousness, begrudge