jealous

CEFRB1

/ˈd͡ʒɛ.ləs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Showing extreme cupidity

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.

Examples

  • Mr Brown is jealous of his colleague's success.

  • The other girls are jealous of Lily because she is extremely pretty.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover.

  2. Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.

  3. Suspicious; apprehensive.

More examples

In context

  • Everybody was jealous of my success.

  • She gave him a jealous look.

  • be jealous of someone/something

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Origin

adjective

First attested in 1382. From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous.