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
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
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