27 November 2014

invidious

[in-vid-ee-uh s]

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.

Origin
Latin
1600-1610; < Latin invidiōsus envious, envied, hateful, equivalent to invidi (a) envy + -ōsus -ous

Related forms
invidiously, adverb
invidiousness, noun
noninvidious, adjective
noninvidiously, adverb
noninvidiousness, noun

Can be confused
insidious, invidious.
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Examples from the web for invidious
– It might be that in this case an absence of invidious commentary suggests an absence of invidious feeling.
– The precise question is whether the difference in treatment is invidious or arbitrary.
– The provisions in controversy are rationally based and free from invidious discrimination.

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– Jimi Hendrix

On this day

27 November 1942 – birthday of Jimi Hendrix. American guitarist and singer-songwriter.

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27 November 1999 – Helen Clark is elected as New Zealand’s first female Prime Minister. She represented the centre-left of the Labour Party.