Jealous - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈdʒeləs|  American pronunciation of the word jealous
Brit.  |ˈdʒeləs|  British pronunciation of the word jealous

adjective

- showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages (syn: covetous, envious)
jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
- suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival (syn: green-eyed)
a jealous lover

Extra examples

His success has made some of his old friends jealous.

She became very jealous whenever he talked to other women.

He was in a jealous rage.

Why are you so jealous of his success?

You're just jealous of her.

She gets jealous if I even look at another woman.

He was talking to Nina to make me jealous.

He is jealous and full of spite.

...a mealymouthed compliment from a jealous competitor...

You are too much something for a tubercular neurotic who can only be jealous and mean and perverse.

If you marry him, he is only going to become even more jealous and possessive than he is now.

He throttled her in a fit of jealous rage.

Julian was almost pathologically jealous of her, fearing the final indignity of horns.

She will not be jealous, or if she is, she will not show it.

It's common for new fathers to feel jealous of the baby.

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