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Antonyms for invidious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-vid-ee-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvɪd i əs



Definition of invidious

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Latin invidiosus "full of envy, envious," from invidia "envy, grudge, jealousy, ill will" (see envy). Related: Invidiously; invidiousness.
  • adj hateful
Example sentences :
  • I remonstrated, rather annoyed at the invidious position she was forcing on me in a sense.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • This raises at once the just complaint that invidious distinctions are made.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • Several exceptions must be understood; but to select them would be invidious.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) » by John West
  • For surely no two men were ever left in a position so invidious and irritating.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • And this was the only allusion that the young man was ever to hear her make to his invidious kinswoman.
  • Extract from : « Daisy Miller » by Henry James
  • Egoism does not necessarily imply the invidious stigma of selfishness.
  • Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
  • His only approach to invidious comment was in regard to the terrapin.
  • Extract from : « A Border Ruffian » by Thomas A. Janvier
  • It seemed to move in her a little, exactly, that sense of the invidious.
  • Extract from : « The Finer Grain » by Henry James
  • Juan's invidious emphasis on the word "Mexicans" did not escape Alessandro.
  • Extract from : « Ramona » by Helen Hunt Jackson
  • To name a few of the devoted would be invidious to the many.
  • Extract from : « Shadow and Light » by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

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