green-eyed monster
green-eyed monster · green-eyed monsters
заздрість, ревнощі, заздрощі
зависть, ревность
Missgunst, Neid, Eifersucht
Envy, jealousy, covetousnessEnvy, jealousy, covetousness.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial, usually)Envy, jealousy, covetousness.
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
Origin
From green + eye + monster. Coined by William Shakespeare in his play Othello.From green + eye + monster. Coined by William Shakespeare in his play Othello.
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Forms
plural: green-eyed monsters| Singular | green-eyed monster |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival):jealousy
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedgreen-eyed
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.