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jealous
adjective as in desirous; wary
Strongest matches
anxious, apprehensive, attentive, envious, intolerant, possessive, protective, resentful, skeptical, suspicious
Weak matches
begrudging, covetous, demanding, doubting, emulous, envying, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, guarded, invidious, jaundiced, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessory, questioning, rival, solicitous, vigilant, watchful, zealous
Example Sentences
It felt very freeing, and I was just so jealous that people who are in comedies get to experience that sort of joy every day.
Prosecutors at the time alleged Syed carried out the crime after becoming jealous of Lee's new relationship after the two broke up.
He became jealous, violent and controlling, and when Ms Alayed eventually walked out, he invited her and their children to his brother's Salford flat - and killed her while the children were in another room.
However, he says now realises that Vatsa had been jealous since when they were teenagers.
As the state’s top cop as well as its chief consumer advocate, the attorney general resides in an electoral sweet spot; California voters tend to be tough on crime and jealous of their civil protections.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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