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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Marx: I’m very jealous that he has an alcohol company.

From Los Angeles Times

In the days before the killing, Holly had ended their relationship, with MacPhail later admitting in court he was "angry" and "jealous".

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In a series of letters to Andy, Stewart wrote, “I am agonizingly jealous of your other women.”

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A two-day sentencing is under way at Newcastle Crown Court, with prosecutors saying it was a "brutal" and planned attack carried out by the "jealous" teenager.

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It made other chefs so jealous — I loved that.

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