jealous
Meaning of 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.
- Protective, zealously guarding, careful in the protection of something one has or appreciates.
For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jehovah, is a jealous God. —Exodus 34:14 (NET)
- Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
- Suspecting, suspicious.
Information about jealous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of jealous
jeal-ous
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- jealous is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
jealous synonyms
Meaning covetous:
Meaning green-eyed:
Translation of jealous
- German: eifersüchtig, neidisch, neiderfüllt, scheelsüchtig, scheel
- French: jaloux, envieux
- Spanish: envidioso, envidiosa, celoso, celosa
- Italian: geloso, invidioso
Anagrams of jealous
Words that rhyme with jealous
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