Hypertext Webster Gateway: "invidious"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy.
See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]

Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.

3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy;
hateful; as, invidious distinctions.

Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the
preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
--Broome.
-- {In*vid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

invidious
adj : containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
"discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious
comparisons" [syn: {discriminatory}]


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