jealous
/ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/ adjective B1- Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. · jealous lover· She gave him a jealous look.
- Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover.
- Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. · be jealous of someone/something· He was jealous of his friend’s success.
- Suspicious; apprehensive.
Comparative jealouser · Superlative jealousest
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Half-way up to the jealous moon!
It’s called ‘The Jealous Rival; or In Death Not Divided.’ I read it to Marilla and she said it was stuff and nonsense.
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.
As her successor in that house, she regarded her with jealous abhorrence.
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