To wish that you had something that another person has: The feeling that you wish you had…. Learn more.

To envy is to feel resentful and unhappy because someone else possesses, or has achieved, what one wishes oneself to possess, or to have achieved: To envy the wealthy, a woman's beauty, an honest … Envy is when you want what someone else has, but jealousy is when you’re worried someone’s trying to take what you have. If you want your neighbor’s new convertible, you feel envy. Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's quality, skill, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it. [1] envy can also refer to the wish … I envy you for your large group of friends.

Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's quality, skill, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it. [1] envy can also refer to the wish … I envy you for your large group of friends. They envied his success. = they envied him for his success. I envy the way you've made so many friends. I don't envy you your dental problems. [=i'm glad that i …

I envy the way you've made so many friends. I don't envy you your dental problems. [=i'm glad that i …