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Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.] Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. Shak.

mish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish. Lev. xiv. 10. The reliefs of an envious man are those little blemishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illustrious character. Spectator.

atural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness. To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits deformity to mock my body. Shak.

Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

ch are they also that are earthy. 1 Cor. xv. 47, 48 (Rev. Ver. ) Earthy spirits black and envious are. Dryden.

Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.

An object of envious notice or feeling. This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world. Macaulay.

To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated. Our envious foe hath failed. Milton.

motion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever. An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation. Shak. After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Shak. Brain fever, Continued fever, etc. See under Brain, Continued, etc. -- Fever and ague, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms wh…

to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies. Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race. Milton. The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on. Bryant.

To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously. [Obs.] Perish they That grudge one thought against your majesty ! Shak.

Full of grudge; envious. "Grudgeful discontent." Spenser.

Envious; malignant. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.

o enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness. What greater curse could envious fortune give Than just to die when I began to live Dryden.

An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear. See what a rent the envious Casca made. Shak.

To nip; to blast; to blight. [Obs.] Biron is like an envious, sneaping frost. Shak.

ain direction; driven to and fro. To heaven their prayers Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds Blown vagabond or frustrate. Milton.

Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.