envies in English

noun
1
a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck.
she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board
verb
1
desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable attribute belonging to (someone else).
he envied people who did not have to work on weekends
synonyms:be envious ofbe jealous ofbegrudgebe resentful of
noun
verb

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1. Mussolini envies us already.

2. Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. Samuel Johnson 

3. Top synonyms for Begrudges (other words for Begrudges) are envies, grudges and begrudge.

4. 11 Every baseball player envies him, he is preeminent above all his rivals for pitching.

5. Synonyms for Begrudges include envies, resents, grudges, covets, pinches, stints, eats your heart out, minds, regrets and objects to

6. The only man he fears, envies and despises in equal measure is his great rival Vaclav Havel, the former president.

7. He is accompanied by Nicholas Frere, who has been courting his sister and whose intrepid, free-spirited demeanour he envies.

8. We should quickly dismiss such thoughts, for the Scriptures say: “Love is patient; love is kind and envies no one.

9. Agreable moment Q October 10, 2020 · Nous sommes un groupe de femme disponible pour satisfaire vos envies de plans Q

10. Avec cette génoise accompagnée d'une délicieuse mousse fruitée ou chocolatée, la recette du Bavarois s'adapte à toutes les envies

11. (Ephesians 2:3) Rather than joy and fine memories, such weddings often produce ‘loose conduct, enmities, jealousy, contentions, envies, revelries’ —the works of the flesh. —Galatians 5:19-21.

12. Nouvelle cl avec une ambiance décontractée ou l'entraide et l'humour sont nos maitre mots, cherche de nouveaux membres de tous niveaux ayant envies de jouer sans prise de tête ni obligations et autres Bizarreries

13. “Works of the flesh,” such as “fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct, idolatry, practice of spiritism, enmities, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, contentions, divisions, sects, envies, drunken bouts, revelries, and things like these,” will be eliminated, because “those who practice such things will not inherit God’s kingdom.” —Galatians 5:19-21.