as in resentment
a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too
her jealousy over her sister's singing career drove the two of them apart
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Recent Examples of jealousy
There was a lot of jealousy out there.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
But as Mackintosh persuasively illustrates, the familiar emotions of jealousy, infatuation and eventually indifference — these persist and can flourish in any relationship, however free of prohibition.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
That stoked his jealousies and insecurities, along with frontman Jagger stealing the spotlight from him.
—Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
As Judith’s career flourished, so did her father’s rage and jealousy.
—Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for jealousy
Devon Ivie, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
But as Mackintosh persuasively illustrates, the familiar emotions of jealousy, infatuation and eventually indifference — these persist and can flourish in any relationship, however free of prohibition.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
That stoked his jealousies and insecurities, along with frontman Jagger stealing the spotlight from him.
—Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
As Judith’s career flourished, so did her father’s rage and jealousy.
—Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for jealousy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealousy
Noun
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But as the years and resentments pile on, their cancerous brotherhood threatens to obliterate them both.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Lindsay-Abaire makes a real meal of sketching the rest of the neighborhood association, played by a bevy of nimble theatrical comedians, though their own simmering resentments tend to eddy alongside the central Kyra-Elliot conflict.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The latest event set to douse envy-inducing spam of the glitterati across our social media feeds?—
Connor Sturges,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Apr. 2026
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That type of envy and jealousy is a real mark of success.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the centuries since colonists waged war against the crown, American’s attitudes toward the royals have shifted from hatred to adoration.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Jealousy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealousy. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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