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Definitions of envy
n. - Malice; ill will; spite. ²
n. - Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Caesar. ²
n. - Emulation; rivalry. ²
n. - Public odium; ill repute. ²
n. - An object of envious notice or feeling. ²
v. t. - To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it. ²
v. t. - To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge. ²
v. t. - To long after; to desire strongly; to covet. ²
v. t. - To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. ²
v. t. - To hate. ²
v. t. - To emulate. ²
v. i. - To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at. ²
v. i. - To show malice or ill will; to rail. ²

The word "envy" uses 4 letters: E N V Y.

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Words formed by adding one letter before or after envy (in bold), or to envy in any order:
i -   veiny   o -   envoy   r -   nervy  

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