[responsivevoice] invidious [/responsivevoice] [in-vid-ee-uh s ]
The word of the day is ‘invidious’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Hateful
2. Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others.
3. Worthy of envy
4. To provoke envy
1. Hindi – Apamaanajanak
2. Spanish – Odioso
3. French – Insidieux
4. Mandarin – Lìng rén xiànmù de
1. It seemed to move in her a little, exactly, that sense of the invidious.
2. I remonstrated, rather annoyed at the invidious position she was forcing on me in a sense.
3. She’d put herself in an invidious position.
4. For surely no two men were ever left in a position so invidious and irritating.
5. His only approach to invidious comment was in regard to the terrapin.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detracting, detractive, detractory, discriminatory, envious, envying, green-eyed, jealous, libellous, maligning, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, slighting, undesirable, vilifying, unpleasant, awkward, difficult, unenviable etc.
delightful, likeable, lovable, pleasant, desirable
Quotation:
Though it might be invidious to mention individuals, yet I may be allowed to say how much I owe to the constant help of my wife, not quite my first, but much my most consistent collaborator, and over the longest period of years.
Robert Robinson
Social Example:
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