The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ENVY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Green-eyed monster crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ENVY | 97 % | 4 |
| JEALOUSY | 3 % | 8 |
Why may ENVY be the right solution?
The term "green-eyed monster" is a metaphor for jealousy or envy. In Shakespeare's Othello, the character Iago refers to jealousy as the "green-eyed monster." Therefore, the answer to the clue "Green-eyed monster" is "ENVY."
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Crossword Answer definitions
ENVY noun- Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
- An object of envious notice or feeling.
- Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
- Emulation; rivalry.
- Public odium; ill repute.
- To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions.
- To have envious feelings (at).
- To give (something) to (someone) grudgingly or reluctantly; to begrudge.
- To show malice or ill will; to rail.
- To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
- To hate.
- To emulate.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ENVY
- Begrudge
- Covet
- Green signifier
- One of the Seven Deadly Sins
- Deadly sin
- Coveter's sin
- Begrudge, maybe
- Covetousness
- Member of a "deadly" septet
- 50% of moral indignation, per Vittorio De Sica