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invidious

[ in-vid-ee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful:

    invidious remarks.

  2. offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious:

    invidious comparisons.

  3. causing or tending to cause animosity, resentment, or envy:

    an invidious honor.

  4. Obsolete. envious.


invidious

/ ɪnˈvɪdɪəs /

adjective

  1. incurring or tending to arouse resentment, unpopularity, etc

    an invidious task

  2. (of comparisons or distinctions) unfairly or offensively discriminating
  3. obsolete.
    grudging; envious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • inˈvidiousness, noun
  • inˈvidiously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • in·vidi·ous·ly adverb
  • in·vidi·ous·ness noun
  • nonin·vidi·ous adjective
  • nonin·vidi·ous·ly adverb
  • nonin·vidi·ous·ness noun
  • unin·vidi·ous adjective
  • unin·vidi·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of invidious1

1600–10; < Latin invidiōsus envious, envied, hateful, equivalent to invidi ( a ) envy + -ōsus -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of invidious1

C17: from Latin invidiōsus full of envy, from invidia envy
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Example Sentences

Neal Katyal, a Georgetown law professor arguing on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, said the broad ruling sought by Catholic Social Services would open the door to invidious discrimination — not just against LGBTQ couples.

Can we find a way to prevent invidious discrimination without subjecting ourselves to government-enforced ideologies?

Tevi Troy eschews any invidious mention of right-of-center think tanks in his critique.

The drive toward nihilism is invidious, and it adds a substantial layer of risk to the financial world and markets.

Unfortunately, the yoke of the foreigner came in more invidious guise.

It is, therefore, (p. 224) a matter of individual taste, and further comparisons would be invidious and perhaps unjust.

There was little indeed to be amused at here except his choice of the particular invidious name.

Several exceptions must be understood; but to select them would be invidious.

That invidious task they leave to the unsuccessful novelists.

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