1Feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages.
‘he grew jealous of her success’
‘They were much more intelligent than we were, and quite frankly, we were jealous of their achievements.’
‘By our very nature, we are selfish, jealous, envious, stricken with strife, and sometimes downright rebellious.’
‘It would be selfish to be jealous of him, and I could truthfully say I wasn't.’
‘People who are envious or jealous seem to be in a perpetual state of suffering and anguish.’
‘We each seek our own advantage, competing and exploiting as necessary; jealous of the success of others and determined to hold on to what we think of as ours.’
‘The Soviet Union had better technology and more money to spend on it than America, and that made the Americans jealous, even envious.’
‘She said they were jealous of her genius and resented her because she was a woman.’
‘And her eyes were outlined in black eyeliner, making her green eyes stand out even more, which she was jealous of.’
‘She had dark brown hair and bright green eyes, I was also jealous of.’
‘I try not to get jealous of her affection for my dog.’
‘I imagine many so-called moralists are secretly jealous of teens engaged in pleasure, as opposed to any serious moral valuation they may hold.’
‘My personal view, admittedly pretty neurotic, is that the politician is jealous of hardworking people who can manage to have a good time.’
‘I'm insanely jealous of people who have imaginations.’
‘He is jealous of their prowess, and those qualities together in this time could be the biggest asset that we have in leadership.’
‘Some English people feel jealous of Scotland's better roads, free higher education and a more efficient welfare system.’
‘You are really and truly, happy for your friend because something fantastic is happening in their life, but at the same time you are so jealous of them that you want to scream.’
‘I'm jealous of the people behind the popular weblogs.’
‘We are trying to put an entertaining team on the park, and some people are jealous of that.’
‘Despite being backstabbers and fiercely jealous of each other, I think of writers as an international guild.’
‘His house is huge and his dogs were so happy and friendly when I arrived, but now the oldest seems jealous of the attention he is giving me.’