as in jealousy
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
the green-eyed monster dogged her whenever she visited her wealthy sister
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The green-eyed monster can foster environments where people act dishonestly and undermine, belittle or freeze out their colleagues, or even sabotage their work.
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Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2021
Users were generous, without the snark of Twitter or any traces of envy, the green-eyed monster that stalks Instagram.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
Honour the green-eyed monster, allow it some space in your psyche.
—Amy Klein, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2022
Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2021
Users were generous, without the snark of Twitter or any traces of envy, the green-eyed monster that stalks Instagram.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
Honour the green-eyed monster, allow it some space in your psyche.
—Amy Klein, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2022
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“Green-eyed monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/green-eyed%20monster. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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