envious

adj

1. Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging.

   “an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues”

   “Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.”

   “My soul is envious of mine eye.”

2. Excessively careful; cautious.

   “for no man was ever so amorous, as to love a toad; none so envious, as to repine at the condition of the miserable”

3. (obsolete)Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.

   “Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch.”

4. (obsolete, poetic)Inspiring envy.

   “He to him leapt, and that same envious gage / Of victors glory from him snatcht away.”