• Invidiousness

    Full definition of invidiousness

    Noun

    invidiousness

    (plural invidiousnesses)
    1. (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
      • 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, ch. 20,Sometimes she caught him looking at her with a louring invidiousness that she could hardly bear.
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