Definition of "envy" []

• A feeling of discontent and resentment aroused by and in conjunction with desire for the possessions or qualities of another. (noun)
• The object of such feeling: Their new pool made them the envy of their neighbors. (noun)
• Obsolete Malevolence. (noun)
• To feel envy toward. (verb-transitive)
• To regard with envy. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I look at my grandparents in envy because they received a good retirement plan from Duke Power and are in their late 70s, still healthy and without the worry of money."
• "The reason I think envy is a mistake is because one who is envious typically underestimates their own worth and also values the wrong things."
• "Second, I think envy is a large obstancle to progress."