Definition of: envy

(en′vē) v. ·vied, ·vy·ing v.t.
1. To regard enviously.
2. To feel envy because of; begrudge.
3. To covet; desire; want.
—v.i.
4. To feel or show envy.
—noun plural ·vies
1. Selfish and unfriendly grudging of what another enjoys; in a mild sense, the longing for a good possessed by another, without ill will toward the possessor.
2. An object of envy.
3. Obs. Hatred; ill will. [<F envie <L invidia <in- on + videre see, look]
—en′vi·er noun
—en′vy·ing·ly adverb