40 Synonyms & Antonyms For JEALOUS

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Definitions jealous [jel-uhs] / ˈdʒɛl əs / ADJECTIVE desirous; wary Synonyms STRONGEST anxious apprehensive attentive envious intolerant possessive protective resentful skeptical suspicious WEAK begrudging covetous demanding doubting emulous envying grabby grasping green-eyed grudging guarded invidious jaundiced mistrustful monopolizing possessory questioning rival solicitous vigilant watchful zealous Antonyms STRONGEST calm content undoubting unworried WEAK satisfied trusting unresentful

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Also, I’m oddly jealous of the baggy, tie-dyed shirt she’s wearing.

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Nursery practitioner Elizabeth Burton told the court that Bennett had a "jealous attachment" with five children and would "take control" of them.

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“Careful, or you might make me jealous,” she said.

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The problem was that the man was jealous—jealous because Jeremy was a better artist than he was.

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Was it possible that she was jealous of him?

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covetous dissatisfied distrustful green-eyed invidious jaundiced malicious mistrustful protective suspicious untrusting viperous

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