how to pronounce envious

/ˈɛnviːəs/

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envious is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of envious in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… algunos is an envious at rodeo no hemos …”

meaning of envious

Envious means feeling or showing a desire to have what someone else has.

envious frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word envious occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics envious can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that envious can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;