jealous
/ˈdʒɛləs/
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American sound/ˈdʒɛləs/
jealous
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jea - lous -> jealous
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ ~ (of sb/ sth) မနာလိုသော။ အဘိဇ္ဈာ ပွားသော။ He was jealous of Tom/ of Tom's success.
၂။ မနာလိုသော။ သဝန်တိုသော။ a jealous husband ❍ jealous looks.
၃။ ~ (of sth) မကြည်ဖြူသော။ ဝန်တိုမိစ္ဆာရှိသော။ keep a jealous eye on one's property ❍ She's jealous of her privileges.
❏ jealously adv တခုပ်တရ။ a jealously guarded secret.
❏ jealousy / 'dʒelǝsi / n (က) [U] မနာလိုခြင်း။ be consumed by anger and jealousy. (ခ) [C] သဝန်တိုခြင်း။ She grew tired of his petty jealousies. Compare ENVY n
More examples
- I expect some of your colleagues will be jealous.
- [jealous of] : Other girls were jealous of her good looks.
- [jealous of] : Sophia had admirers, and I was jealous of them.
- [make someone jealous] : He would dance with other women to make her jealous.
- [jealous of] : The singer became increasingly isolated and jealous of her privacy.
Synonyms
envious, green, green-eyed, covetous, resentful, desirous, invidious, anxious, apprehensive, attentive, begrudging, bitter, demanding, desirous; wary, doubting, emulous, envying, grabby, grasping, green with envy, grudging, guarded, intolerant, jaundiced, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessive, possessory, protective, questioning, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, wary, watchful, zealous
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