English-Dutch translations for jealous

• jaloers
  Ik ben bijna jaloers dat ik er niet bij aanwezig was. I am almost jealous that I was not present.
  Komt het doordat Engelse wijnen als beste uit de bus komen als die blind vergeleken wordt met Franse wijnen? Zijn onze concurrenten gewoon jaloers? Is it that when tasted blind with French wines and others, English wines come out on top for taste, thus our competitors are simply jealous?
  Zodra hierover op internationale fora wordt gediscussieerd, wordt er massaal kritiek geuit, voornamelijk omdat de lidstaten jaloers vasthouden aan hun recht om de belastingen te bepalen. Whenever discussions on this subject take place in international fora, there is a chorus of critical voices, chiefly because Member States jealously guard their right to set taxes.
• afgunstig
• ijverzuchtig

Definition of jealous

• Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
• Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
• Suspecting, suspicious

Examples

• For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jehovah, is a jealous God. —Exodus 34:14 (NET

Related words

• jealousy
• jealously
• jealous person
• be jealous
• be jealous of
• professional jealousy