JEALOUS

/ˈdʒɛləs/
14
Scrabble
18
WWF
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Definition

/ˈdʒɛləs/
adjective
  1. Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
  2. Protective, zealously guarding, careful in the protection of something one has or appreciates.
    “For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jehovah, is a jealous God. —Exodus 34:14 (NET)”
  3. Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise.
  4. Suspecting, suspicious.

Source: Wiktionary

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