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jealous

/ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/ verb C2
  1. To harass or attack (somebody) out of jealousy. (slang)
  2. To deliberately make (someone) jealous of another person's (often their partner's) associations with other people. (transitive)

He/she/it jealouses · Past jealoused · Past participle jealoused · -ing form jealousing

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Verb forms

Base form
jealous
He/she/it
jealouses
Past
jealoused
Past participle
jealoused
-ing form
jealousing

From the library

Half-way up to the jealous moon!
The Jungle Book, p. 63 · B2
It’s called ‘The Jealous Rival; or In Death Not Divided.’ I read it to Marilla and she said it was stuff and nonsense.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 204 · C1
Miss Bingley saw, or suspected, enough to be jealous; and her great anxiety for the recovery of her dear friend Jane received some assistance from her desire of getting rid of Elizabeth.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 57 · B2
As her successor in that house, she regarded her with jealous abhorrence.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 152 · B2

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