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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, adjective [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
3. Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. --Broome. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ly}, adverb -- {In*vid"i*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
invidious
adjective: containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons" [syn: {discriminatory}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "invidious": abhorrent, abominable, baleful, begrudging, bitchy, bitter, calumnious, covetous, cussed, defamatory, desirous of, detestable, detracting, detractory, distrustful, envious, envying, green, green with envy, green with jealousy, green-eyed, grudging, harmful, hateful, horn-mad, iniquitous, jaundice-eyed, jaundiced, jealous, malefic, maleficent, malicious, malign, malignant, maligning, mean, nasty, noxious, obnoxious, odious, ornery, repellent, revulsive, scandalous, slanderous, suspicious, vilifying, wicked, yellow, yellow-eyed
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