invidiousness
English
Etymology
invidious + -ness
Noun
invidiousness (usually uncountable, plural invidiousnesses)
- (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, ch. 20
- Sometimes she caught him looking at her with a louring invidiousness that she could hardly bear.
- 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, ch. 20
Related terms
- invidious
- invidiously
References
- invidiousness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- invidiousness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “invidiousness” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.