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Syn. -- Suspicious; anxious; envious. Jealous, Suspicious. Suspicious is the wider term. We suspect a person when we distrust his honesty and imagine he has some bad design. We are jealous when we suspect him of aiming to deprive us of what we dearly prize. Iago began by awakening the suspicions of Othello, and converted them at last into jealousy. "Suspicion may be excited by some kind of accusation, not supported by evidence sufficient for conviction, but sufficient to trouble the repose of confidence." "Jealousy is a painful apprehension of rivalship in cases that are peculiarly interesting to us." Cogan.

Jeal"ous*hood (?), n. Jealousy. [Obs.] Shak.

Jeal"ous*ly, adv. In a jealous manner.

Jeal"ous*ness, n. State or quality of being jealous.

Jeal"ous*y (?), n.; pl. Jealousies (#). [ F. jalousie. See Jealous, and cf. Jalousie.] The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.

I was jealous for jealousy.

Zech. viii. 2.

Jealousy is the . . . apprehension of superiority.

Shenstone.

Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness.

Rambler.

Jeames (?), n. [Corrup. of James.] A footman; a flunky. [Slang, Eng.] Thackeray.

Jean (?), n. [Prob. named from Genoa. See Jane.] A twilled cotton cloth.

Satin jean, a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after the manner of satin.

Jears (?), n. pl. (Naut.) See 1st Jeer (b).

Jeat (?), n. (Min.) See Jet. [Obs.]

Jed"ding ax` (?), n. A stone mason's tool, having a flat face and a pointed part. Knight.

Jee (?), v. t. & i. See Gee.

Jeel (?), n. [Hind. jhl.] A morass; a shallow lake. [Written also jhil.] [India] Whitworth.

Jeer (?), n. [Cf. Gear.] (Naut.) (a) A gear; a tackle. (b) pl. An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship.

Jeer capstan (Naut.), an extra capstan usually placed between the foremast and mainmast.

Jeer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jeered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jeering.] [Perh. a corrup. of cheer to salute with cheers, taken in an ironical sense; or more prob. fr. D. gekscheren to jeer, lit., to shear the fool; gek a fool (see 1st Geck) + scheren to shear. See Shear, v.] To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker.

But when he saw her toy and gibe and jeer.

Spenser.

Syn. -- To sneer; scoff; flout; gibe; mock.

Jeer (?), v. t. To treat with scoffs or derision; to address with jeers; to taunt; to flout; to mock at.

And if we can not jeer them, we jeer ourselves.

B. Jonson.