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(adj)
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.
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(active sense) Experiencing distrust, showing distrust, wary, sceptical, suspicious, doubtful.
Excessively jealous.
Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
(figuratively) Jealous; envious.
(n)
(countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion, particularly in matters of religion.
Serving or intended to protect.
(grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.
reluctant
Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.
Distrustful or tending to suspect.
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
Having mistrust, lacking trust (in someone or something).
Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant.
Cautious; restrained.
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
The act of one who covets.
Unwilling or with reluctance.
(informal) Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust.
(chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
Not comfortable or confident in oneself or in certain situations.
Showing bias or partiality
Pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators.
Characterized by enmity.
Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal; malcontent.
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
Afflicted with venereophobia.
Opposing love.
Afflicted with religiophobia.
Hating or opposing marriage.
averse to marriage
Having or relating to syphilophobia.
Preoccupied with oneself.
Relating to, or exhibiting, whorephobia.
Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new
A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.
Opposing romantic relationships.
Having evil thoughts or intentions.
Having obsessive stalking tendencies.
Opposing or inhibiting lust.
Having prejudices.
A person who puts forward a conspiracy theory.
Full of hatred.
Alternative form of commitmentphobic. [Exhibiting or relating to commitmentphobia.]
(rare) Characterized by love with another of the opposite sex; heteroromantic.
Having self-interest; particularly concerned for oneself.
Opposing or countering the libido.
Oppressing or hating persons of a certain sexual orientation.
(derogatory) Of a skeptic or their views: claiming to approach the disputed issue in a neutral manner, but actually prejudiced against it.
Relating to, or exhibiting, heterophobia.
Intensely preoccupied with or by a given topic or emotion; driven by a specified obsession.
(of a person or group) Having been aggravated or made into an enemy.
Having a fear or hatred of lesbians.
A commitmentphobe.
With security as an absolute priority; inordinately obsessed with security.
Questioning whether someone is homosexual.
Being or pertaining to a divisive belief whereby those outside one's immediate circle are regarded as enemies.
Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
Having a fear or hatred of queer people.
Contending or acting against.
The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
Self-hating.
Characteristic of a traitor; traitorous
Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others.
Concerned or preoccupied with one's own selfish or self-centered needs, interests, or wants; egocentric.
(very rare) Influenced by prejudice; biased.
Steadfastly loyal, especially to a monarch or government.
Alternative form of lesbophobic. [Having a fear or hatred of lesbians.]
Exhibiting or relating to Russophobia.
(biology) That opposes the activities of a competitor
(rare) Full of hate or hatred; hateful
A member of a faction.
oppositional
Having a fear of or aversion to women.
Alternative form of antagonistic. [Contending or acting against.]
Exhibiting, or relating to, homoerotophobia.
Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.
(rare) Averse to what is religious or sacred.
(zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
A person who is opposed or hostile to Jehovah's Witnesses or their beliefs or doctrines.
(economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
Showing interest only in oneself (pursuing self-interest to the exclusion of other goals).
(rare) showing Romanophobia.
Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.
Egotistically obsessed with oneself.
(rare) Hostile to homosexual people.
Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.
Exhibiting prejudice against homosexual people.
Relating to osmophobia
(vulgar, humorous, neologism) Unable to distinguish romantic attraction from platonic attraction in oneself.
Opposing an alliance.
Opposing or unconducive to romance.