資料來源 : pyDict
惹人不快的,不公平的,誹謗的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Invidious \In*vid"i*ous\, a. [L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy.
See {Envy}, and cf. {Envious}.]
1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and
invidious state than any prosperous man. --Barrow.
3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy;
hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the
preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.
--Broome.
-- {In*vid"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {In*vid"i*ous*ness}, n.
資料來源 : WordNet®
invidious
adj : containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
"discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious
comparisons" [syn: {discriminatory}]