About The Word Invidious
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Invidious
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What's The Definition Of Invidious?
[adj] containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Invidious: discriminatory | unfavorable | unfavourable Related Terms | Find terms related to Invidious: 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 | jaundiced | jaundice-eyed | jealous | malefic | maleficent | malicious | malign | malignant | maligning | mean | nasty | noxious | obnoxious | odious | ornery | repellent | revulsive | scandalous | slanderous | suspicious | vilifying | wicked | yellow | yellow-eyed See Also | Invidious In Webster's Dictionary \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy.
See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy;
hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
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.
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