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"envious" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often jealous (7 letters).
Definitions
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
Word origin
From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ.
Used in a sentence
“an envious man, disposition, or attack; envious tongues”
“Fret not thy ſelfe becauſe of euill doers, neither bee thou enuious againſt the workers of iniquitie.”
“My soul is envious of mine eye.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Jealous”7 letters
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