Complete Definition of "invidiousness"

English

Noun
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  1. rare malevolent|Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.

#*1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, ch. 20,
#*:Sometimes she caught him looking at her with a louring invidiousness that she could hardly bear.

Related terms
invidious
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References
R:Webster 1828|invidiousness
R:Century 1911|invidiousness
R:Dictionary.com|invidiousness

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