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Invidious meaning

  1. Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
  2. Offensively or unfairly discriminating.
  3. Envious, jealous.

Synonyms of Invidious

discriminatory unfavorable unfavourable

Related words

Other words often associated with Invidious or its synonyms:

bad untoward reproving admonitory disapproving adverse inauspicious reproachful favorable hostile harmful admonishing

Using Invidious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Causing ill will, envy, or offense. | Offensively or unfairly discriminating. | Envious, jealous.
  • Useful related words include: discriminatory, unfavorable, unfavourable.
  • In the example corpus, invidious often appears in combinations such as: the invidious, invidious discrimination, an invidious.

Context around Invidious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

countenance 1×

Often after:

discrimination 2× racial 1× health 1× whirlwind 1× position 1× utterance 1× duty 1×

Sentence patterns with Invidious

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

be as invidious but they 1× by an invidious whirlwind 1× candidates was invidious but he 1× even more invidious since alston 1× groups and invidious discrimination that 1× in an invidious position in 1× it s invidious to separate 1× never countenance invidious health care 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

agamemnon unwilling to 1× indeed if there 1× naming candidates was 1× the court found 1× the four gentlemen 1× the invidious utterance 1×

Common sentence endings:

a particular style 1× an invidious whirlwind 1× health care rationing 1× invidious racial discrimination 1× odium more openly 1× superiority or hatred 1×

Words around Invidious

Just before it in the word index:

invideo 2 invictus 114 invicta 15 inviable 3 invh 3 inveterate 21

Just after it in the word index:

invigilation 3 invigilator 4 invigilators 9 invigorate 35 invigorated 46 invigorates 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 19 abbv 19 abdalla 19 abdirahman 19 abdulmalik 19 abhimanyu 19

Corpus analysis for Invidious

  • In this selection, "invidious" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, countenance, discrimination, racial and health stand out and add context to how "invidious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include be as invidious but they and by an invidious whirlwind. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "invidious" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with invidious

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

But we should never countenance invidious health-care rationing. (9 words)

The invidious utterance or person invites odium more openly. (9 words)

Indeed, if there’s a common thread between Allen and Harvard, it’s a judicial rejection of invidious racial discrimination. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Today's vague laws may not be as invidious, but they can invite the exercise of arbitrary power all the same -- by leaving the people in the dark about what the law demands and allowing prosecutors and courts to make it up. (42 words)

The nature of the choice is even more invidious since Alston’s company is one of the few permanent groups that offer young dancers a stable existence, a chance to hone their art in the service of a particular style. (40 words)

Agamemnon, unwilling to undertake the invidious duty of deciding between the two competitors, referred the dispute to the decision of the Trojan prisoners, inquiring of them which of the two heroes had done most harm to the Trojans. (38 words)

Example sentences (12)

Indeed, if there’s a common thread between Allen and Harvard, it’s a judicial rejection of invidious racial discrimination.

The four gentlemen of the cast - and it’s invidious to separate them – cover a huge range of roles from politicians to generals to lance-corporals.

What should be verboten, what should be outlawed, which should be prohibited is invidious discrimination in institutions saying, we are going to take this policy because we don’t like them.

But we should never countenance invidious health-care rationing.

Even the most ardent supporters of this administration are aware that our country is being tossed about by an invidious whirlwind.

The court found that Advocate Lewis Uriri, who acted for Buyanga, was in an invidious position in the case, having to ventilate issues from the application drawn up by his instructing lawyer that was insupportable.

The nature of the choice is even more invidious since Alston’s company is one of the few permanent groups that offer young dancers a stable existence, a chance to hone their art in the service of a particular style.

Naming candidates was “invidious” but he mused that an elder Labour statesperson with no long-term ambitions had the best chance.

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The invidious utterance or person invites odium more openly.

There is no symmetry between race conscious measures that seek to include traditionally excluded groups and invidious discrimination that seeks to include people because of a sense of superiority or hatred.

Today's vague laws may not be as invidious, but they can invite the exercise of arbitrary power all the same -- by leaving the people in the dark about what the law demands and allowing prosecutors and courts to make it up.

Agamemnon, unwilling to undertake the invidious duty of deciding between the two competitors, referred the dispute to the decision of the Trojan prisoners, inquiring of them which of the two heroes had done most harm to the Trojans.

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Common combinations with invidious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "invidious" in a sentence?
An example: "Indeed, if there’s a common thread between Allen and Harvard, it’s a judicial rejection of invidious racial discrimination." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "invidious" from authentic English texts.
What does "invidious" mean?
Invidious means: Causing ill will, envy, or offense.
What are synonyms of "invidious"?
Common synonyms of "invidious" include: discriminatory, unfavorable, unfavourable.
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