mustasukkainen — meaning in English
Finnish → English · translate English → Finnish instead
English meaning
- jealous adj Worried or suspicious that a partner's affection has shifted elsewhere.
Senses
mustasukkainen is used for these senses in English:
- green-eyed (figuratively) Jealous; envious.
- jealous Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.]
- jealous Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. [from 14th c.]
- jealous Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. [from 14th c.]
jealous — full definition
- adj Worried or suspicious that a partner's affection has shifted elsewhere.
- adj Resentful of someone else's advantage, success, or possessions.
- adj Fiercely protective of something valued.