INVIDIOUS

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Envious; malignant. [Obs.] Evelyn.

2.
a.

Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.] Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. Barrow.

3.
a.

Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions. Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. Broome. -- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.

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