Definition of Envying

1. Verb. (present participle of envy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Envying

1. envy [v] - See also: envy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Envying

envolve
envolved
envolvement
envolvements
envolver
envolvers
envolves
envolving
envoy
envoy extraordinary
envoys
envoyship
envoyships
envy
envyed
envying (current term)
envyingly
envyings
envyned
envyous
enwall
enwalled
enwalling
enwallow
enwallowed
enwallows
enwalls
enweaken
enwheel
enwheeled

Literary usage of Envying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1859)
"... evil suspicion'1; envying or grieving it the deserved credit of ... endeavouring or desiring tc im- another, envying one another. Exod. iv. 10, 14. ..."

2. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Or envying gods, in their immortal breasts, Gauls' glory; and fearing, lest the antique giants, Should new uprise, ..."

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