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jealous

/ˈdʒɛləs/ · adjective

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. Protective, zealously guarding, careful in the protection of something one has or appreciates.
  3. Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
  4. Suspecting, suspicious.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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