| envious |
| 1. adj. Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging | |
| an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues | |
| 2. adj. Excessively careful; cautious. | |
| 3. adj. (obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy. | |
| jealous |
| 1. adj. 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. adj. Protective, zealously guarding, careful in the protection of something one has or appreciates. | |
| For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jehovah, is a jealous God. —Exodus 34:14 (NET) | |
| 3. adj. Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. | |
| 4. adj. Suspecting, suspicious. | |
