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jealousy
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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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