jealousy

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These fits of jealousy, which of late had been more and more frequent with her, horrified him, and however much he tried to disguise the fact, made him feel cold to her, although he knew the cause of her jealousy was her love for him.

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  1. noun A jealous attitude or disposition.
  2. noun Close vigilance.

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  • How about McNabb, facing more controversy caused by Owens 'mouth -- with Owens accusing McNabb of "jealousy" -- and still putting up those numbers, despite not having his two top receivers, Kevin Curtis and Reggie Brown. —  Blogging The Boys
  • John therefore took a convenient opportunity to mention the new scheme as if casually--so as to give Constable the impression {p.204} that the author's purpose was to divide the second series also between his old rival in Albemarle Street, of whom his jealousy was always sensitive, and his neighbor Blackwood, whom, if there had been no other grudge, the recent conduct and rapidly increasing sale of his Magazine would have been sufficient to make Constable hate with a perfect hatred. —  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)
  • So it is the most gratuitous jealousy, the very essence of jealousy, which is merely because it is! —  The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
  • The object of his jealousy was a certain officer of his court whose name was De la Croix. —  Peter the Great
  • Her love had turned to hatred and contempt--but the jealousy was all-consuming. —  Woman Her Sex and Love Life
 

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hatred ·  envy ·  anxiety ·  pride ·  suspicion ·  hostility ·  prejudice ·  vanity ·  impatience ·  bitterness ·  curiosity

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jealousy:   jealousies
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  1. Early mod.English also jealousy, jelousie; from Middle English jelousie, jelosie, gelousy, gelousie, gelusie, also jalousie, from Old French gelosie, jalousie, F. jalousie (= Provencal gelosia, gilosia = Portuguese Italian gelosia), jealousy, from jalous, jealous: see jealous.
 

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