invidiousness
1invidiousness — index malice Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2invidiousness — noun Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious. Sometimes she caught him looking at her with a louring invidiousness that she could hardly bear. See Also: invidious, invidiously …
3invidiousness — invidious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unacceptable, unfair, and likely to arouse resentment or anger in others. DERIVATIVES invidiously adverb invidiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin invidiosus, from invidia hostility …
4Invidiousness — Invidious In*vid i*ous, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Such a person appeareth …
5invidiousness — noun see invidious …
6invidiousness — See invidiously. * * * …
7invidiousness — in vid·i·ous·ness || ɪn vɪdɪəsnɪs n. offensiveness, discrimination; hatefulness …
8invidiousness — in·vid·i·ous·ness …
9invidiousness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being invidious : odiousness …
10invidious — adjective Etymology: Latin invidiosus envious, invidious, from invidia envy more at envy Date: 1606 1. tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy < the invidious task of arbitration > 2. envious 3. a. of an unpleasant or objectionable nature …