Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Jealous, envious: A feeling of resentment or bitterness stemming from a desire for what someone else possesses (such as their advantages, achievements, or possessions) or from suspicion of rivalry in love.
   • Jaundiced: In a figurative sense, having a bitter, prejudiced, or cynical outlook, often due to envy or resentment.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy ghen tức với thành công của đồng nghiệp. (She feels jealous of her colleague's success.)
  • Ánh mắt ghen tức của hắn lộ rõ sự đố kị. (His jaundiced/envious eyes revealed clear malice.)
  • Đừng ghen tức vì người khác có nhiều tiền hơn. (Don't be envious because others have more money.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "ghen tức" often implies a more intense, bitter, and potentially resentful form of envy compared to simpler words like "ghen" (jealous in love) or "thèm muốn" (to desire). It can describe a lingering, corrosive attitude.

Variants and Related Words

• Ghen (adj/v): Primarily jealous, especially in romantic contexts.

  • Anh ấy rất hay ghen. (He is very jealous.)

• Đố kị (adj/v): To be envious, to begrudge; often overlaps with "ghen tức" but can emphasize spite.

  • Lòng đố kị không mang lại điều gì tốt. (Envy brings nothing good.)

Synonyms

• Envious: Desiring something that belongs to another.
• Jealous: Resentful of a rival or of someone else's success or advantages.
• Jaundiced: Affected by bitterness, resentment, or envy.
• Green-eyed (idiomatic): Jealous.

Related Idioms

• Ghen tức nổi máu ghen: To be consumed/blinded by jealousy.

  • Nghe tin ấy, cô ta ghen tức nổi máu ghen. (Upon hearing that news, she was consumed by jealousy.)

• Con mắt ghen tức: A jaundiced/envious eye.

  • Anh ta nhìn mọi thứ bằng con mắt ghen tức. (He looks at everything with a jaundiced eye.)

1. Be jaundiced