invidious
1 synonym and 3 antonyms for invidious, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Likely to create resentment or bad feeling.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invidiōsus, from invidia (“envy, ill will”), from in- (“upon”) plus videō (“to see”); the sense developed from “look back at” to “look askance at” to “envy.” It is a doublet of envious, via Old French.
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