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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