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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
jealousy
jeal·ousy [jealousy jealousies] BrE [ˈdʒeləsi] NAmE [ˈdʒeləsi] noun (pl. jeal·ousies)
1. uncountable a feeling of being jealous
•I felt sick with jealousy.
•sexual jealousy
2. countable an action or a remark that shows that a person is jealous
•I'm tired of her petty jealousies.
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French gelosie, from gelos, from medieval Latin zelosus, from Latin zelus ‘zeal, jealousy’.
Thesaurus:
jealousy noun U, C
•Her promotion aroused intense jealousy among her colleagues.
envy •
jealousy/envy of sb
feel/arouse jealousy/envy
a feeling/pang/stab/twinge of jealousy/envy
Jealousy or envy? Jealousy is nastier than envy and can cause sb to behave in an unkind way. People can enjoy inspiring/arousing envy but they do not like to cause/provoke jealousy in sb else.
Example Bank:
•Her promotion aroused intense jealousy among her colleagues.
•I felt a pang of jealousy.
•She'd never felt jealousy before.
•his obsessive jealousy of his ex-wife
•He felt a sudden stab of pure sexual jealousy.
•I'm tired of her petty jealousies.
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