Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun envy
2 senses of envy
Sense 1
envy, enviousness -- (a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another)
=> resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour -- (a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will)
Sense 2
envy, invidia -- (spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins))
=> mortal sin, deadly sin -- (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb envy
2 senses of envy
Sense 1
envy -- (feel envious towards; admire enviously)
=> admire, look up to -- (feel admiration for)
Sense 2
envy, begrudge -- (be envious of; set one's heart on)
=> desire, want -- (feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room")