noun · neutral
jealousy
/ˈdʒeləsi/JE·al·o·sy
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a feeling of anger or sadness because someone has something you want or because of fear of losing someone to another person
Examples
“His jealousy made their relationship tense.”
“She felt a flash of jealousy when she saw her friend with a new car.”
“Unfounded jealousy can destroy trust between partners.”
Band 8 sentence
“Her jealousy stemmed less from insecurity than from years of feeling undervalued and ignored.”
Collocations
- feel jealous
- suffer from jealousy
- green with jealousy
Word family
jealous adjectivejealously adverb
Common mistakes
envy→jealousy
jealous of someone (missing preposition)→jealous of someone
Say it for a higher band
5envy→6suspicion→7+jealousy
Synonyms
envy
Easily confused
envy
“I envy her confidence.”
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