envy.

A painful wish to have an advantage, possession, or quality enjoyed by someone else.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• feel envy
• envy of success

On the page

He recognized envy beneath his criticism of her promotion.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: envies.