'Green-eyed' definitions:
Definition of 'green-eyed'
From: WordNet
adjective
Suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival; "a jealous lover" [syn: jealous, green-eyed, overjealous]
Definition of 'Green-eyed'
From: GCIDE
- Green-eyed \Green"-eyed\, a.
- 1. Having green eyes. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Seeing everything under the influence of emotions which discolor or distort. "Green-eyed jealousy." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence: suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival. [WordNet sense 1]
- Syn: jealous, overjealous. [WordNet 1.5]