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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr invidia envy.
See {Envy}, and cf {Envious}.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
3. Likely to incur or produce ill will or to provoke envy;
hateful; as invidious distinctions.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
invidious
adj : containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
"discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious
comparisons" [syn: {discriminatory}]
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