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妬ましい — meaning in English

netamashii

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English meaning

  • enviable adjective So good or desirable that it makes other people envious.
  • jealous adj Worried or suspicious that a partner's affection has shifted elsewhere.

Senses

妬ましい is used for these senses in English:

  • enviable Arousing or likely to arouse envy.
  • 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 — full definition

  1. adj Worried or suspicious that a partner's affection has shifted elsewhere.
  2. adj Resentful of someone else's advantage, success, or possessions.
  3. adj Fiercely protective of something valued.

Related Japanese words