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Jealousy Common

Jealousy has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)

"She felt a sharp pang of jealousy whenever her friend mentioned the new job offer she had received."

2

zealous vigilance

"cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"

3

A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.

"His intense jealousy made him constantly check her phone and question every message she sent to friends."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
envy watchfulness
Rhyming Words
busy susy drusy tousy mousy lousy bebusy embusy unbusy blousy mucusy humusy cactusy citrusy mucousy ruckusy circusy be busy overbusy forebusy
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