Definition of envies

"envies" in the noun sense

1. envy, enviousness

a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

2. envy, invidia

spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

"envies" in the verb sense

1. envy

feel envious towards admire enviously

2. envy, begrudge

be envious of set one's heart on

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Quotations for envies

Idleness always envies industry. [ Proverb ]

Who hath not heard the rich complain
Of surfeits, and corporeal pain?
He barred from every use of wealth.
Envies the ploughman's strength and health. [ Gay ]

Let love prevail!
The love that envies not, that thinks no ill,
That faileth not, but ever lives.
All things believing, hoping, bearing still. [ Horatius Bonar ]

There is a story of some mountains of salt in Cumana, which never diminished, though carried away in much abundance by merchants; but when once they were monopolized to the benefit of a private purse, then the salt decreased, till afterward all were allowed to take of it, when it had a new access and increase. The truth of this story may be uncertain, but the application is true; he that envies others the use of his gifts decays then, but he thrives most that is most diffusive. [ Spencer ]

envies in Scrabble®

The word envies is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters envies:

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envies in Words With Friends™

The word envies is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters envies:

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Words within the letters of envies

2 letter words in envies (3 words)

3 letter words in envies (7 words)

4 letter words in envies (10 words)

5 letter words in envies (6 words)

6 letter words in envies (1 word)

Words containing the sequence envies

Words that start with envies (1 word)

Words with envies in them (1 word)

Words that end with envies (1 word)

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