jealous
adjective
1. showing extreme greed for material wealth; jealous of another's advantages
- jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
Similar word(s): desirous, wishful, covetous, envious
2. suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival
- a jealous lover
Similar word(s): distrustful, overjealous
Sentences with jealous as an adjective:
- For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. —Exodus 34:14 (NET)