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Definition of Invidious
1. Adjective. Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice. "Invidious comparisons"
Definition of Invidious
1. a. Envious; malignant.
Definition of Invidious
1. Adjective. (context: of a distinction) offensively or unfairly discriminating ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of an action or task) causing ill will towards the actor; causing offense. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of a thing) causing envy or ill will towards the possessor ¹
4. Adjective. envious, jealous ¹
5. Adjective. (obsolete) Hateful; odious; detestable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Invidious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Invidious
Literary usage of Invidious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions by Thorstein Veblen (1912)
"... XIII SURVIVALS OF THE NON-invidious INTEREST IN an increasing proportion as
time goes on, the anthropomorphic cult, with its code of devout observances, ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Any discrimination among individuals would be invidious, and no one is slighted
when it is asserted that all (with a trifling ex- ..."
3. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent: Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1803)
"... though not wealthy, was a doctor of ***• the civil law, which may be an answer
to the many invidious tales as to the meanness of his birth. ..."
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