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Green-eyed monster   /grin-aɪd mˈɑnstər/   Listen
Green-eyed monster

noun
1.
A feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival).  Synonym: jealousy.






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"Green-eyed monster" Quotes from Famous Books



... have come up with the words of that opera, but perhaps it will be better to send it. If it be not wicked, do tell me whether I am to consider myself as a banished man. I thought that our little meetings were so innocent,—and so pleasant! The green-eyed monster is of all monsters the most monstrous,—and the most unreasonable. Pray let me have a line, if it be ...
— He Knew He Was Right • Anthony Trollope

... towards the girl, there had crept into the company an imperceptible change; deep-buried impulses sprang to the surface. If a scoundrel like Simpson was going to try his luck, why shouldn't they? They didn't see a pretty girl once in a blue moon. With the advent of the green-eyed monster at the board, each man unconsciously became the rival of ...
— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning



Words linked to "Green-eyed monster" :   envy, enviousness



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