jealous

Definition for jealous

adjective as in desirous; wary

Strongest matches

anxious, apprehensive, attentive, envious, intolerant, possessive, protective, resentful, skeptical, suspicious

Weak matches

begrudging, covetous, demanding, doubting, emulous, envying, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, guarded, invidious, jaundiced, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessory, questioning, rival, solicitous, vigilant, watchful, zealous

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“In fact your dream was to be a Victoria Secret angel, and now you will be walking with all the Angels in heaven. They will all be jealous of you!,”

From Los Angeles Times

My son’s in a band and he just sticks stuff up straight away, and I’m jealous.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, after two and a half months of court testimony, a jury must decide whether the dead man’s wife, Monica Sementilli, orchestrated his murder, or was duped by her jealous lover.

From Los Angeles Times

“My American friends are very jealous right now,” she said with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times

Judge Guy Kearl KC, the Recorder of Leeds, said: "You were a jealous and controlling husband who bullied, threatened and manipulated her as a result of that jealousy."

From BBC

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