envious
adj.adj. feeling unhappy because you want something that someone else has, like their success or possessions.
adj. feeling or showing a desire to possess something belonging to another. Often used predicatively after linking verbs such as 'feel' or 'become'.
She feels envious of her sister's new car.
Many people are envious of his ability to travel the world while working from his laptop.
The young artist was deeply envious of her peer's sudden rise to fame, though she tried to channel that frustration into her own creative output.
From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ.
Typically takes the preposition 'of' to indicate the object of the feeling.
envious for his successenvious of his successEnvious is paired with the preposition 'of', not 'for' or 'about'.