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[syn: discriminatory, invidious]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy.
See Envy, and cf. Envious.]
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1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
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2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
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Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
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3. Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to
provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as,
invidious distinctions.
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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.
Invigilance
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
invidious
adj 1: containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
"discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious
comparisons" [syn: discriminatory, invidious]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "invidious":
abhorrent, abominable, baleful, begrudging, bitchy, bitter,
calumnious, covetous, cussed, defamatory, desirous of, detestable,
detracting, detractory, distrustful, envious, envying, green,
green with envy, green with jealousy, green-eyed, grudging,
harmful, hateful, horn-mad, iniquitous, jaundice-eyed, jaundiced,
jealous, malefic, maleficent, malicious, malign, malignant,
maligning, mean, nasty, noxious, obnoxious, odious, ornery,
repellent, revulsive, scandalous, slanderous, suspicious,
vilifying, wicked, yellow, yellow-eyed