invidious

English - Turkish

Definition of invidious in English Turkish dictionary

kıskandırıcı

haksız

gücendirici

invidiously hiddet uyandıncı bir sekilde

{s} tiksindirici

hiddet uyandıran

{s} kırıcı

invidiousness haksızlık

Related Terms

invidiously

haksız yere

invidiously

kıskandırarak

invidiousness

{i} kırıcılık

invidiousness

{i} haksızlık

English - English

Definition of invidious in English English dictionary

Enviable; desirable

Prompted by or expressing or adapted to excite envious dislike or ill will; offensively or unfairly discriminating

The professor made invidious distinctions based only on his own whim.

Envious; causing or arising from envy

Hateful; odious; detestable

showing or feeling envy

{s} offensive, discriminatory; causing resentment, hateful

If you describe a task or job as invidious, you mean that it is unpleasant because it is likely to make you unpopular. The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse

Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable

Envious; malignant

containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons"

An invidious comparison or choice between two things is an unfair one because the two things are very different or are equally good or bad. Police officers fear invidious comparisons. unpleasant, especially because it is likely to offend people or make you unpopular (invidiosus, from invidia )

Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions

Related Terms

invidiousness

Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious

Sometimes she caught him looking at her with a louring invidiousness that she could hardly bear.

ınvidious

{a} envious, ill-natured, malicious

invidiously

In an invidious manner

invidiously

in a manner arousing resentment

invidiously

offensively, in a discriminatory manner; in a manner which causes resentment, hatefully

invidiousness

{i} offensiveness, discrimination; hatefulness

Hyphenation

in·vid·i·ous

Turkish pronunciation

învîdiıs

Synonyms

abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detracting, detractive, detractory, discriminatory, envious, envying, green-eyed, jealous, libelous, maligning, obnoxious

Antonyms

delightful, likeable, lovable

Pronunciation

/ənˈvədēəs/ /ɪnˈvɪdiːəs/

Etymology

() Latin invidiōsus invidia (“envy, ill will”) in- (“upon”) + videō (“I see”).