'Invidious' definitions:
Definition of 'invidious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons" [syn: discriminatory, invidious]
Definition of 'Invidious'
From: GCIDE
- Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Envious.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as, invidious distinctions. [1913 Webster]
- Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. --Broome. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ness}, n. Invigilance
Synonyms of 'invidious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- baleful,
- begrudging,
- bitchy,
- bitter,
- calumnious,
- covetous,
- cussed,
- defamatory,
- desirous of,
- detestable,
- detracting,
- detractory,
- distrustful,
- envious,
- envying,
- green,
- green with envy,
- green with jealousy,
- green-eyed,
- grudging,
- harmful,
- hateful,
- horn-mad,
- iniquitous,
- jaundice-eyed,
- jaundiced,
- jealous,
- malefic,
- maleficent,
- malicious,
- malign,
- malignant,
- maligning,
- mean,
- nasty,
- noxious,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- ornery,
- repellent,
- revulsive,
- scandalous,
- slanderous,
- suspicious,
- vilifying,
- wicked,
- yellow,
- yellow-eyed