Envy

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Envy

Envy : பொறாமை

Envy definition

Noun.

  1. Malice; ill will; spite.
  2. 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.
  3. Emulation; rivalry.
  4. Public odium; ill repute.
  5. An object of envious notice or feeling.

Transitive verb.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
  4. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
  5. To hate.
  6. To emulate.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.
  2. To show malice or ill will; to rail.