Word of the Day
September 08, 2026
INVIDIOUS
- Invidious is a formal word used to describe things that are unpleasant and likely to cause bad feelings in other people. Such bad feelings may include resentment, discontent, animosity, or envy. // Psychologists caution against drawing invidious comparisons between other people’s lives as portrayed on social media and one’s own.
- a kind to cause harm or resentment an invidious comparison
- an unpleasant or objectionable nature obnoxious invidious remarks
- tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy [adj INVIDIOUSLY]
- tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy the invidious task of arbitration