The ones who get jeaolus of/at?

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We constantly hear people saying "somebody's jealous of somebody else/somebody else's something" a lot,

but what if we wanna describe the persons who are being the targets of the jealousy?

Should they be the people who are being jealous "at"?

Because jealous "of"'s definitely not the preposition in this case in my opinion.

I just wanna express the meaning of the sentence "Some excellent people who are extraordinaire in their specialties are

constantly the targets of everybody else's jealousy."

Anybody please help improving that expression right there?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

chivalryWe constantly hear people saying "somebody's jealous of somebody/somebody's something" a lot,
but what if we wanna describe the persons who are being the target of the jealousy?
Should they be the people who are being jealous "at"?
Because jealous "of"'s definitely not the preposition in this case in my opinion.

I have never heard the expression jealous at.

Here is the dictionary entry:

–adjective
1.
feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
2.
feeling resentment because of another's success, advantage, etc. (often followed by of ): He was jealous of his brother's wealth.

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Someone can have feelings of jealousy. He is jealous by nature. She went into a fit of jealous rage.

The person who is the target could be described by envy.

She is the envy of all the girls in the class.

Chivalry · Answer

AlpheccaStars
chivalryWe constantly hear people saying "somebody's jealous of somebody/somebody's something" a lot,but what if we wanna describe the persons who are being the target of the jealousy?Should they be the people who are being jealous "at"?Because jealous "of"'s definitely not the preposition in this case in my opinion.
I have never heard the expression jealous at.Here is the dictionary entry: –adjective1.feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.2.feeling resentment because of another's success, advantage, etc. (often followed by of ): He was jealous of his brother's wealth.------------------Someone can have feelings of jealousy. He is jealous by nature. She went into a fit of jealous rage. The person who is the target could be described by envy.She is the envy of all the girls in the class.

Thank you for your reply.

But I think "envy" will be a different meaning than "jealous",

because when you're jealous of people, you're kind of holding a negative emotion/attitude towad someone,

while envy is not a negative emotional condition.

Is there any other substitute other than "the envy of all the others'"?

Thank you in advance!

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Envy and jealousy are very close in meaning. Both are negative feelings of inferiority -vwanting what someone else has and what you don't have.

Jealousy is often associated with love relationships and infidelity, but envy is not.

Envy is often associated with greed.

You could possibly say:

He was the object of his sister's jealousy. (His sister was jealous of him.)

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