word-vault/dist/data/cards/je/jealous.json

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{
    "term": "jealous",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "feeling angry or unhappy because somebody you like or love is showing interest in somebody else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **jealous wife/husband**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's only talking to her to make you jealous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can remember feeling madly jealous when he was with other women."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Peter was obsessively jealous and his behaviour was driving his partner away."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "feeling angry or unhappy because you wish you had something that somebody else has",
            "sensetop": "jealous (of somebody/something)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's jealous of my success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children often feel jealous when a new baby arrives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was rather jealous of me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've seen your holiday photos. I'm so jealous!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's nothing for you to feel jealous about."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "envious",
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "wanting to keep or protect something that you have because it makes you feel proud",
            "sensetop": "jealous (of something)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They are very jealous of their good reputation *(= they do not want to lose it)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒeləs/",
                "audio": "je/jealous/jealous__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdʒeləs/",
                "audio": "je/jealous/jealous__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French gelos, from medieval Latin zelosus, from Latin zelus ‘zeal, jealousy’."
}