adjective · rare

invidious

invidious · more invidious · most invidious

дискримінаційний

несправедливый, возмутительный, пристрастный, ненавистный

diskriminierend

Causing ill will, envy, or offenseCausing ill will, envy, or offense.

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/ɪnˈvɪdi.əs/

» She does have a favourite among her children, but she thinks it would be invidious to say which.

Sie hat ein Lieblingskind, fände es aber gemein zu sagen, wer es ist.

Meaning

4 senses

Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
возмути́тельныйvozmutítelʹnyj, несправедли́выйnespravedlívyj, пристра́стныйpristrástnyj
Detestable, hateful, or odious. (Often used in cases of perceived unfairness, or when facing a difficult situation or choice — especially in the phrase invidious position.)
омерзи́тельныйomerzítelʹnyj, ненави́стныйnenavístnyj
(obsolete)Envious, jealous.
зави́стливыйzavístlivyj, ревни́выйrevnívyj

More definitions

containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice

Examples

3 sentences

She does have a favourite among her children, but she thinks it would be invidious to say which.
deSie hat ein Lieblingskind, fände es aber gemein zu sagen, wer es ist.
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She does have a favourite among her children, but she thinks it'd be invidious to say which one it is.
deSie hat zwar einen Liebling unter ihren Kindern, aber sie fände es gemein zu sagen, welches.
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The diplomat's assertion of the primacy of his nation's interests was seen as an invidious act by his nation's rivals.
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Translations

2 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

offensively or unfairly discriminating:

archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous:

archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin invidiōsus, from invidia (“envy, ill will”), from in- (“upon”) + videō

Borrowed from Latin invidiōsus, from invidia (“envy, ill will”), from in- (“upon”) + videō (“to see”); the meaning developed from “look back at” to “look askance at” to “envy.” Doublet of envious, from Old French.

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