Jealous
['dʒeləs] or ['dʒɛləs]
Definition
(adj.) suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; 'a jealous lover' .
Typed by Benjamin--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
(a.) Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
(a.) Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.
(a.) Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.
Editor: Segre
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Suspicious (especially of being supplanted in the affections of another).[2]. Anxious, apprehensive, solicitous.
Typist: Ludwig
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Envious, self-anxious, covetous, invidious, suspicious
ANT:Unenvious, liberal, genial, self-denying, indifferent, unjealous
Editor: Shelton
Definition
adj. suspicious of or incensed at rivalry: anxious to defend the honour of.—adv. Jeal′ously.—ns. Jeal′ousy Jeal′oushood (Shak.) Jeal′ousness.
Checked by Barlow
Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
Editor: Olaf
Examples
- You talk in such a way about 'mamma' it is enough to make one jealous of the old lady. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was jealous of him, but there was another and graver source of trouble in her passion for religious mysteries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No jealous paper-miller? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But Ayesha, the favourite wife of the Prophet, had always been jealous of Fatima and hostile to Ali. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You shouldn't be jealous of some one who's dead when you have everything. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The King took notice of her yesterday at the Tuileries, and we are all jealous of the attention which Monsieur pays her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I have discovered, whispering mysteriously, that her natural cruelty is sharpened by a jealous fear of their regaining their liberty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Kerchak grunted and turned away, for he was jealous of this strange member of his band. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She bustled, she chattered, she turned and twisted, and smiled upon one, and smirked on another, all in full view of the jealous opera-glass opposite. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As her successor in that house, she regarded her with jealous abhorrence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- John dear, you never can be jealous of Mr Lightwood? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What a jealous old lady it is! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Why, my precious child,' returned her husband, laughing outright: 'how could I be jealous of him? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Caddy, who had not seen me since her wedding-day, was so glad and so affectionate that I was half inclined to fear I should make her husband jealous. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She quite gloated on these questions and answers, so keen was her enjoyment of Sarah Pocket's jealous dismay. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But, I jealous on that account? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This I delivered in a firm tone, like a person who was jealous lest his courage should be called in question. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Oh, her husband was a sad wicked man, and of course it was of me that the poor dear was jealous. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Why, Eva, you've really taken such a fancy to Dodo, that I shall be jealous. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Is this man so jealous, then? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Brandon will be jealous, if she does not take care. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She did it to make him think she was jealous. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Lydgate was madly anxious about her affection, and jealous lest any other man than himself should win it and ask her to marry him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Poor little thing, she is jealous! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But I was not jealous: or very rarely;--the nature of the pain I suffered could not be explained by that word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Fair is the night, but less fair than my lover absent; Unveil thyself from the jealous cloud-woof, And thou wilt see how fair is he I worship. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- If I ask him to stay, he'll think I'm jealous, and I wouldn't insult him by such an idea. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is the influence of the fashionable world altogether that I am jealous of. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Why, you are as jealous of the mistress as Cyclops is of the maid! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You must not come out without seeing us, or we shall be jealous. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Editor: Olaf