envy, verb, /'ɛnvi/
1
to wish that you had someone else’s possessions, abilities etc.
I really envy you and Ian, you seem so happy together.
She has a lifestyle which most people would envy.
He envied Rosalind her youth and strength.
2 I don’t envy you/her etc (spoken)
used to say that you are glad that you are not in the bad situation that someone else is in.
envy, noun, /'ɛnvi/
1
the feeling of wanting something that someone else has.
He watched the others with envy.
his envy of the young man’s success.
I felt a twinge of envy when I saw them together.
She could see that all the other girls were green with envy (=feeling a lot of envy).
2 be the envy of somebody
to be something that other people admire and want to have very much.
an education system that is the envy of all European countries.
