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as in possessive
intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness
a boyfriend who became jealous whenever she paid attention to anyone but him
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as in envious
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
was jealous of his friend's great popularity with the girls
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Recent Examples of jealous
Sanders later claimed that reporters were jealous of college athletes for earning more money than them.
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Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The show’s tone frequently changes to match the runaway plot, whose digressive subplots involve time travel, a mad scientist and his jealous nephew, and Baek-joong’s food critic ex-girlfriend (played by the celebrity fashion model Jung Ho-yeon).
—Simon Abrams, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
His explanation was that Alice was jealous of their relationship, but Andrea and Jenny suspect that this was not the real reason.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Kind demonstrates his emphatic comic range both vocally and physically — even getting laughs from variations of chair slouching — as a jealous doctor whose wife bonds with the Elephant Man.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
The show’s tone frequently changes to match the runaway plot, whose digressive subplots involve time travel, a mad scientist and his jealous nephew, and Baek-joong’s food critic ex-girlfriend (played by the celebrity fashion model Jung Ho-yeon).
—Simon Abrams, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
His explanation was that Alice was jealous of their relationship, but Andrea and Jenny suspect that this was not the real reason.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Kind demonstrates his emphatic comic range both vocally and physically — even getting laughs from variations of chair slouching — as a jealous doctor whose wife bonds with the Elephant Man.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealous
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And the skipper was proving to be strangely possessive, almost secretive, about things like radio reports, incoming messages and navigational details, going so far as to keep everything jotted on a notebook in his pocket.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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If a dog, for example, is possessive of toys and lives in a multi-dog household, then toys should only be used when the dog is alone with the humans.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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But why would this reduced attention to others’ mental states protect them from feeling envious or dissatisfied?Trystan Loustau and Liane Young, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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Among the undergrad radicals, the mood was bored and distracted, envious of previous generations.Michael Moynihan, airmail.news, 26 Oct. 2024
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Those include a daffy retriever, a headstrong capybara, a covetous lemur and a mysterious bird, as well as glimpses of more fantastical creatures.Jack Smart, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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No actor has played him with as much reptilian cruelty and covetous flair as Andrew Scott, either.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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According to Howard, comparisons of the two, due to similarities such as he and Shaq both being drafted No. 1 overall by the Orlando Magic and playing the center position, led Shaq to become resentful of him.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Incompatible partners, on harder days, may consistently feel resentful, combative or simply annoyed in one another’s presence.Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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While conceding that standard phishing methods, those that typically require threat actors to craft malicious emails that are delivered to a wide audience, are relatively easy for email platforms to detect and block, that’s not the case with this phishless attack.Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Alec Baldwin sues New Mexico, claiming malicious prosecution.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Jealous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealous. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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