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invidious 音标拼音: [ɪnv'ɪdiəs] a. 惹人不快的,不公平的,诽谤的 惹人不快的,不公平的,诽谤的 invidious adj 1: containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; " discriminatory attitudes and practices"; " invidious comparisons" [ synonym: { discriminatory}, { invidious}] Invidious \ In* vid" i* ous\, a. [ L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See { Envy}, and cf. { Envious}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Envious; malignant. [ Obs.] -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. -- Barrow. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as, invidious distinctions. [ 1913 Webster] 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. Invigilance50 Moby Thesaurus words for " 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, jaundice- eyed, jaundiced, jealous, malefic, maleficent, malicious, malign, malignant, maligning, mean, nasty, noxious, obnoxious, odious, ornery, repellent, revulsive, scandalous, slanderous, suspicious, vilifying, wicked, yellow, yellow- eyed
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