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jealousy

1 definition • 3 examples
1
a feeling of unhappiness and anger because someone has something or someone that you want:

Examples:

He broke his brother's new bike in a fit of jealousy.
She was consumed by/eaten up with jealousy (= she was very jealous) when she heard that he had been given a promotion.
The team has performed very badly this season due to petty jealousies (= feelings of jealousy about unimportant things) among the players.

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