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.
Adjective 4 meanings
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.
“jealous lover”
Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover.
Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
“be jealous of someone/something”
Suspicious; apprehensive.
Verb 1 meaning
To deliberately make (someone) jealous of another person's (often their partner's) associations with other people.
Etymology
First attested in 1382. From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous.
JEALOUS at a glance
JEALOUS has 7 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (J 8 + E 1 + A 1 + L 1 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,680 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with jealous
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- ZEALOUS16
- GEALOUS8
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