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jealous

 
 
/ˈdʒeləs/ adjective

Translation

WANTING SOMETHING unhappy and angry because you want something that someone else has
kıskanç
His new bike was making his friends jealous. Steve has always beenjealous of his brother's good looks.2116
LOVE upset and angry because someone you love seems too interested in another person
kıskanç
a jealous husband2116
jealously adverb
kıskanç bir şekilde
(Definition of jealous adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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