green-eyed
/'gri:naid/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Feeling or showing jealousy or envy: The primary meaning describes someone experiencing jealousy, often specifically romantic jealousy or envy of another's advantages.
- Characterized by suspicion of rivalry: Describes a state of being suspicious or fearful that a rival will displace one in affection or favor.
Usage and Examples
- Adjective:
- She became green-eyed when she saw her boyfriend talking to his ex-girlfriend.
- His green-eyed reaction to his colleague's promotion was obvious to everyone.
- The green-eyed monster made him say things he later regretted.
Advanced Usage
- Literary/Figurative Use: Often used in a literary or figurative sense to personify jealousy.
- He was consumed by the green-eyed fury.
- Attributive Use: Commonly used directly before a noun to describe a person or their emotion.
- the green-eyed husband; a green-eyed stare
Variants and Related Words
- Green-eyed monster (noun phrase): A personification of jealousy, famously used by Shakespeare in .
- He warned his friend not to let the green-eyed monster ruin their friendship.
- Green with envy (idiom): An idiom meaning extremely envious.
- She was green with envy when she saw her neighbor's new car.
Synonyms
- Jealous: Feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages.
- Envious: Desiring something possessed by another.
- Covetous: Having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- The green-eyed monster: Jealousy personified as a monster.
- Insecurity can often awaken the green-eyed monster.
- Green-eyed jealousy: A reinforced phrase emphasizing intense jealousy.
- His actions were driven by pure green-eyed jealousy.
Adjective
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suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
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a jealous lover
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