·adj Inspiring envy.
II. Envious ·adj Excessively careful; cautious.
III. Envious ·adj Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
IV. Envious ·adj Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy;
— said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, ·etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging;
— followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.