Jealous | Mean of jealous in English Dictionary

/ˈʤɛləs/

• feeling or showing jealousy: such as
• feeling or showing an unhappy or angry desire to have what someone else has
1. His success has made some of his old friends jealous.
2. Some of his old friends are jealous [=envious] of his success. = Some of his old friends are jealous of him because of his success.
3. He feels jealous of his rich friends.
• feeling or showing unhappiness or anger because you think that someone you love (such as your husband or wife) likes or is liked by someone else
1. a jealous husband
2. She became very jealous whenever he talked to other women.
3. He was in a jealous rage.

• very concerned about protecting or keeping something
1. She was jealous of her good reputation.
2. He has always been very jealous of his privacy.