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Definitions of jealous
  1. adjective
    showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
    "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"
  2. adjective
    suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
    "a jealous lover"
Definition that contains jealous
  • here queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno
  • joseph (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt
  • jealousy a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
  • cain (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God
  • hera queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno
  • jealously with jealousy
  • jealously with jealousy; in an envious manner
  • enviously with jealousy; in an envious manner
  • covetously with jealousy; in an envious manner
  • open marriage a marriage in which each partner is free to enter into extraneous sexual relationships without guilt or jealousy from the other
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