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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abhorrent, abominable, baleful, begrudging, bitchy, bitter, calumnious, covetous, cussed, defamatory, desirous of, detestable, detracting, detractory, distrustful, envious, envying, green, green with envy, green with jealousy, green-eyed, grudging, harmful, hateful, horn-mad, iniquitous, jaundice-eyed, jaundiced, jealous, malefic, maleficent, malicious, malign, malignant, maligning, mean, nasty, noxious, obnoxious, odious, ornery, repellent, revulsive, scandalous, slanderous, suspicious, vilifying, wicked, yellow, yellow-eyed
Dictionary Results for invidious:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
invidious
    adj 1: containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
           "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious
           comparisons" [syn: discriminatory, invidious]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy.
   See Envy, and cf. Envious.]
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   1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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   2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
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            Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
            invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
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   3. Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to
      provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as,
      invidious distinctions.
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            Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the
            preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
                                                  --Broome.
      -- In*vid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- In*vid"i*ous*ness, n.
      Invigilance
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