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GREEN-EYED MONSTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does green-eyed monster mean?
• GREEN-EYED MONSTER (noun)
The noun GREEN-EYED MONSTER has 1 sense:
1. a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
Familiarity information: GREEN-EYED MONSTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
green-eyed monster; jealousy
Hypernyms ("green-eyed monster" is a kind of...):
enviousness; envy (a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another)
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