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What is the adjective for enviest?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb envy which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

envious

Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
Excessively careful; cautious.
(obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
(obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.
Synonyms:

covetous, jealous, resentful, green-eyed, jaundiced, grudging, begrudging, desirous, bitter, green, invidious, emulous, coveting, green with envy, envying, yearning, possessive, eager, insatiable, eating one's heart out, wishful, craving, hankering, desiring, hopeful, keen, longing, wishing, greedy, aspiring, grasping, itchy, ambitious, appetent, aspirant, longing for, acquisitive, lustful, wannabe, longful, would-be, enthusiastic, avid, excited, hungry, ardent, enthused … more

Examples:

“Her pitiful attempts at music making leave her envious of those with perfect pitch.”

“Qutuud's harrowing trip makes the reader feel lucky to be tucked in safe and dry, but also at times, envious for a time when life was simpler.”

“No man was so envious, as to repine at the condition of the miserable.”

envysome

Characterised or marked by envy; envious
Examples:

“I'm going to show 'em to Molly anyway. Won 't she be envysome?”

envyful

(rare or dialectal) Full of envy; envious.

envyous

Obsolete spelling of envious

enviable

Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
Synonyms:

fortunate, lucky, desirable, favoured, privileged, advantageous, favored, blessed, covetable, admirable, attractive, desired, excellent, good, superior, to die for, sought-after, win-win, worth having, exciting envy, much to be desired, plum, prize, providential, jammy, select, plump, advantaged, honored, honoured, elite, special, entitled, indulged, exclusive, rarefied, limited, elect, cliquish, affluent, ruling, powerful, private, selected, posh, noble, cliquey, restricted, palatine … more

Examples:

“He has assembled an enviable client list, working for several large American cities on rethinking how to approach downtowns.”

“The fugu enjoys the rare though not necessarily enviable distinction of having the most lethal skin, intestines, livers and gonads in the world.”

“Coetzee is capable of handling different genres with an enviable degree of felicity.”

envied

simple past tense and past participle of envy
Synonyms:

begrudged, resented, resent, grudged, minded, coveted, ate your heart out, eaten your heart out, disliked, hated, objected to, felt aggrieved about, felt aggrieved at, frowned at, felt bitter about, harboured a grudge against, felt bitter, felt envious of, harbored a grudge, felt sore, harboured a grudge about, not liked, beared a grudge about, had hard feelings about, felt aggrieved, felt jealous of, had hard feelings, railed against, taken offence, took offence, taken exception to, took exception to, taken umbrage at, took umbrage at, taken something amiss, got nose out of joint, gotten nose out of joint, took umbrage, taken amiss to, taken umbrage, taken exception, shown antipathy towards, taken offense, took something ill, took offence at, taken something ill, took as an insult, took offense, took amiss to, showed antipathy towards … more

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