envying
noun
- act of wishing that someone lacked a particular superior quality/achievement/possession of theirs
adjective
- that envies
Wiktionary
noun
- A feeling of envy.
“Their moderation may perhaps keep them from the bitter envyings and hatred, to which ambitious worldlings are subject […]”
“"What a small, worthless thing," exclaimed Henrietta, "is our existence, filled with mean envyings, paltry hopes! and, if for one instant redeemed by a true affection, or a generous emotion, what wretchedness is sure to follow the indulgence of either!"”
verb
- present participle and gerund of envy