Understanding Invidiousness: A Guide to Recognizing and Overcoming Resentful Feelings

Invidiousness (adjective) (etymology: from Latin invidiosus, from in and videre, to see) means having a feeling of dislike or jealousy towards someone else's success, achievements, possessions, or qualities. Invidiousness implies a resentful attitude towards the person who has what one desires but cannot have oneself.

Examples:

1. Her success was met with envy and invidiousness from her colleagues who felt threatened by her accomplishments.
2. The rich man's wealth was the subject of much invidiousness among his neighbors who could not understand how he had amassed such a fortune.
3. The new employee's rapid promotion was resented by some of his coworkers, who felt that he had risen too high too fast and that his success was invidious to their own careers.