JEALOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jealous mean? 

• JEALOUS (adjective)
  The adjective JEALOUS has 2 senses:

1. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

2. suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

  Familiarity information: JEALOUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JEALOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

Synonyms:

covetous; envious; jealous

Context example:

envious of their art collection

Similar:

desirous; wishful (having or expressing desire for something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

Synonyms:

green-eyed; jealous; overjealous

Context example:

a jealous lover

Similar:

distrustful (having or showing distrust)

 Context examples 

It was a jealous note, and he was very careful in keeping a respectful distance.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Miss Bingley saw, or suspected enough to be jealous; and her great anxiety for the recovery of her dear friend Jane received some assistance from her desire of getting rid of Elizabeth.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I'm not jealous, dear, do your best, only don't make a saint of him.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Her jealous eye was satisfied in one particular.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

But I was not jealous: or very rarely;—the nature of the pain I suffered could not be explained by that word.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He patted me on the head; but somehow, I didn't like him or his deep voice, and I was jealous that his hand should touch my mother's in touching me—which it did.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I was jealous; therefore I loved.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

We’re not jealous of you at Scotland Yard.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We may find a jealous husband at the bottom of it all.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was quite evident that he feared, or was jealous of, some interference.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)