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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Envious \En"vi*ous\, adjective [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf. {Invidious}.]
1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.]
Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. --Shak.
2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.
My soul is envious of mine eye. --Keble.
Neither be thou envious at the wicked. --Prov. xxiv. 19.
3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]
He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away. --Spenser.
4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]
No men are so envious of their health. --Jer. Taylor. -- {En"vi*ous*ly}, adverb -- {En"vi*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
envious
adjective: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection" [syn: {covetous}, {jealous}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "envious": beefing, begrudging, bellyaching, bitching, complaining, complaintful, coveting, covetous, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, desirous, desirous of, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, distrustful, envying, faultfinding, grasping, greedy, green, green with envy, green with jealousy, green-eyed, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grudging, grumbling, horn-mad, invidious, jaundice-eyed, jaundiced, jealous, longing, malcontent, malcontented, murmuring, muttering, out of humor, peevish, petulant, querulant, querulous, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless, sulky, suspicious, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied, whiny, yearning, yellow, yellow-eyed
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