invidious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈvɪdiəs/ UK /ɪnˈvɪdiəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
likely to arouse resentment or unfair distinction; offensive

Comparing the two siblings put her in an invidious position.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · likely to arouse resentment... offensive odious hateful resentful discriminatory unfair obnoxious

Opposites

pleasing fair agreeable

Word family

Derived forms invidiouslyinvidiousness

Related forms envious envy

Simplified etymology

Invidious, recorded from the early 17th century, comes from the same Latin source as envy: invidere, “to regard maliciously” or “grudge,” formed from in-, “into,” and videre, “to see.”

Etymology

From Latin invidiosus 'envious, hateful', from invidia 'envy, ill will', from invidere 'to look askance at, envy', from in- 'upon' plus videre 'to see'.

invidia Latin videre Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# invidious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈvɪdiəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈvɪdiəs/

## Meanings
1. likely to arouse resentment or unfair distinction; offensive

## Examples
- Comparing the two siblings put her in an invidious position.

## Synonyms
- offensive
- odious
- hateful
- resentful
- discriminatory
- unfair
- obnoxious

## Antonyms
- pleasing
- fair
- agreeable

## Derived Forms
- invidiously
- invidiousness

## Related Forms
- envious
- envy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: invidia
- Root: videre

## Etymology
From Latin invidiosus 'envious, hateful', from invidia 'envy, ill will', from invidere 'to look askance at, envy', from in- 'upon' plus videre 'to see'.

## AI Etymology
invidious comes from Latin invidiosus 'envious, hateful', from invidia 'envy, ill will', from invidere 'to look askance at, envy', from in- 'upon' plus videre 'to see'. Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the adjective sense is "likely to arouse resentment or unfair distinction; offensive", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as envious and envy, and in derivatives such as invidiously and invidiousness. Its semantic neighborhood includes offensive, odious, hateful, and resentful, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin invidia and Latin videre.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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