English-French translations for envious

• envieux
  par écrit. - Malgré les assurances que nous donnent la Commission et le Conseil, la politique de cohésion est menacée car l'importance de son budget fait des envieux. Despite assurances from the Commission and the Council, Cohesion Policy is at risk because the size of its budget is making some people envious.
• jaloux

Definition of envious

• Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
• Excessively careful; cautious
• Malignant; mischievous; spiteful
• Inspiring envy

Examples

• an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues

Related words

• enviously
• enviousness
• envious person
• be envious of