How many syllables in Envy
Word
Envy
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
en-vy
Definition
- n. - Malice; ill will; spite.
- n. - Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the
sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some
degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious
grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of
Caesar.
- n. - Emulation; rivalry.
- n. - Public odium; ill repute.
- n. - An object of envious notice or feeling.
- v. t. - To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a
feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising
from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to
possess it.
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