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as in possessive
intolerant of rivalry or unfaithfulness
a boyfriend who became jealous whenever she paid attention to anyone but him
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as in envious
having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages
was jealous of his friend's great popularity with the girls
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Recent Examples of jealous
Jones has been in jail since 2021 after prosecutors accused him of shooting and killing fellow Hurricanes player Bryan Pata in November 2006 during a fit of jealous rage.
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Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Even an audio engineer, ear pressed against the ultimate sound, could not have detected in my inner voice the famous hysterical note of a jealous woman.
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Joyce Mansour,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Reports suggest that the woman’s partner became jealous of her relationship with Barron.
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Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
23 June 2026
The victim’s family believes his killers were jealous of Jeremy, who worked as a supervisor at a recycling company.
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Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for jealous
Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Even an audio engineer, ear pressed against the ultimate sound, could not have detected in my inner voice the famous hysterical note of a jealous woman.
—
Joyce Mansour,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Reports suggest that the woman’s partner became jealous of her relationship with Barron.
—
Allison Degrushe,
StyleCaster,
23 June 2026
The victim’s family believes his killers were jealous of Jeremy, who worked as a supervisor at a recycling company.
—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jealous
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But needy, possessive Nikki smothers Bear, and what plays out is a horrifying tale of obsessive love gone wrong — sour, curdled and violent.
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Before too long, however, the romantic spell Nikki is under turns into possessive, obsessive and eventually, deadly behavior, which quickly spirals out of control.
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Philadelphia's mayor at the time, Frank Rizzo, was a brash and brutal populist with a knack for fear-mongering that would make America's current president envious.
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Scar is secretive, strategic and envious of his brother Mufasa.
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Starring Elordi and Barry Keoghan, Fennell’s dark comedy about class resentment and covetous destruction was sold on the promise of erotic excess.
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For most players, that amount of storage is realistically enough for all but the most covetous data hoarders.
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From coast to coast, the people of the United States are growing resentful of AI.
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But there have been many groups in music history where the woman becomes the face of the group and the guys get resentful.
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According to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, 37-year-old Adam Mazur-Baker was arraigned Tuesday on one count of using a computer to commit a crime and one count of malicious use of telecommunications services.
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This command executes malicious code inside the AppleScript directly.
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“Jealous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jealous. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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