Jealous

Etymology
First coined 1382, jalous:, from  zelosus: <  ζήλος: < ζηλόω:. Cognate to zeal:.

Pronunciation




Adjective

 * 1) Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover or spouse's fidelity.
 * 2) Protective, zealously guarding, careful in the protection of something one has or appreciates.
 * 3) Envious; feeling resentful of someone for a perceived advantage, material or otherwise.
 * 4) * 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
 * I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.
 * 1) * 1899, Mark Twain, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
 * The neighbouring towns were jealous of this honourable supremacy

Derived terms

 * jealously adverb
 * jealousy noun
 * jealousness noun

Related terms

 * zeal
 * zealot
 * zealous

Translations

 * Armenian: նախանձոտ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 妒忌
 * Crimean Tatar: küncü
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Japanese:, 妬ましい
 * Norwegian: sjalu
 * Polish: zawistny
 * Portuguese: invejoso
 * Russian: завистливый, завидующий, ревнивый
 * Spanish:, envidioso
 * Swedish: avundsjuk
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish: kindar


 * Arabic:, حسود
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 妒忌, (of rival in love)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Filipino:
 * French: ,


 * German:
 * Japanese: 妬ましい, 嫉妬, 嫉妬深い
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ревнивый, ревнующий
 * Slovene: ljubosumen, ljubosumna , ljubosumno
 * Swedish: svartsjuk
 * Tagalog: selos


 * Czech: žárlivý
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Filipino:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 妬ましい
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ревнивый
 * Slovene: ljubosumen, ljubosumna , ljubosumno
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tagalog: selos


 * Danish:
 * Russian: ревностный


 * Slovene: ljubosumen, ljubosumna , ljubosumno
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * jalouse

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