| Noun | 1. | envy - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something possessed by anotherpenis envy - (psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity | |
| 2. | envy - spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)deadly sin, mortal sin - an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; theologians list 7 mortal sins | |
| Verb | 1. | envy - feel envious towards; admire enviously | |
| 2. | envy - be envious of; set one's heart ondesire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" covet - wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house" | |