• Malice; ill will; spite. • Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar. • Emulation; rivalry. • Public odium; ill repute. • An object of envious notice or feeling. • To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it. • To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge. • To long after; to desire strongly; to covet. • To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. • To hate. • To emulate. • To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at. • To show malice or ill will; to rail.