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jealous
English
Etymology
[1382] From Middle English jelous, gelous, gelus, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus, from Ancient Greek ????? (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”). Doublet of zealous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??l?s/
- Hyphenation: jeal?ous
- Rhymes: -?l?s
Adjective
jealous (comparative jealouser or more jealous, superlative jealousest or most 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. [from 13th c.]
- Protective, zealously guarding, careful in the protection of something one has or appreciates. [from 14th c.]
- 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. [from 14th c.]
- Suspecting, suspicious.
Usage notes
Some usage guides seek to distinguish "jealous" from “envious”, using jealous to mean “protective of one’s own position or possessions” – one “jealously guards what one has” – and envious to mean “desirous of others’ position or possessions” – one “envies what others have”. This distinction is also maintained in the psychological and philosophical literature. However, this distinction is not always reflected in usage, as reflected in the quotations of famous authors (above) using the word jealous in the sense “envious (of the possessions of others)”.
Derived terms
- jealous-like adjective
- jealously adverb
- jealousy noun
- jealousness noun
Related terms
- zeal
- zealot
- zealous
Translations
References
Anagrams
- jalouse
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disdain
English
Etymology
From Middle English disdeynen, from Old French desdeignier (modern French dédaigner).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s-d?n', IPA(key): /d?s?de?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
disdain (uncountable)
- (uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
- 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, "Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 24 June 2018):
- Everything that could go right for England did although they never felt lucky and they chuckled at Kane’s third that ricocheted off his heel while he was looking the other way. Somewhere in the Moscow outskirts one could only guess at the grand disdain Cristiano Ronaldo will have felt at being supplanted as the tournament’s top scorer in that manner.
- 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, "Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 24 June 2018):
- (obsolete) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
- (obsolete) The state of being despised; shame.
Synonyms
- abomination
- condescension
- contempt
- despisal
- scorn
- See also Thesaurus:contempt
Antonyms
- adoration
- admiration
- honor
- respect
- reverence
Derived terms
- disdainable
- disdainful
Translations
Verb
disdain (third-person singular simple present disdains, present participle disdaining, simple past and past participle disdained)
- (transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
- When the Philistine […] saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.
- 1880, Edward Henry Palmer (translator), The Qur'an, 1880, "Women", verse 170
- The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, is but the apostle of God and His Word, […] The Messiah doth surely not disdain to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh to Him; and whosoever disdains His service and is too proud, He will gather them altogether to Himself. But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay their hire and will give increase to them of His grace. But as for those who disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with a grievous woe, and they shall not find for them other than God a patron or a help.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be indignant or offended.
- 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, Matthew XXI:
- When the chefe prestes and scribes sawe, the marveylles that he dyd [...], they desdayned, and sayde unto hym: hearest thou what these saye?
- 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, Matthew XXI:
Synonyms
- abominate
- contemn
- See also Thesaurus:despise
Antonyms
- adore
- admire
- honor
- respect
- revere
Translations
Anagrams
- naidids
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