Past tense of envy
regular verb
The past tense of envy is envied. The past participle is also envied.
Forms of envy
| Base form (V1) | envy /ˈɛnvi/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | envied /ˈɛnvid/ |
| Past participle (V3) | envied /ˈɛnvid/ |
| Present participle | envying |
| Third person singular | envies |
Envied in a sentence
- Any change to the class being envied means it affects the class with the envy.2010, Peter Ritchie, Refactoring with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry feature envy
- How he envied the Merkin people who could live in such bungalows!1960, Shirley L[ease] Arora, What Then, Raman?, Chicago, I.L.: Follett Publishing Company, page 16. From the entry merkin
- The Yummies were the women who, next to the Starlets and Professional Have-It-Alls, Meredith envied most, and therefore half-despised.2009, Leah McLaren, The Continuity Girl. From the entry yummy
- I had become one of the people I envied, and I now envied a higher level of sharpers and highbinders.2003, Jim Morris, Fighting Men, page 189. From the entry highbinder
- How I envied Peter his easy, insouciant manner!1913 August, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “The Christmas Harp”, in The Golden Road, Boston, Mass.: The Page Company, published April 1926…. From the entry insouciant
Meaning of envy
- noun Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions).
- noun An object of envious notice or feeling.
- noun Hatred, enmity, ill-feeling.
Questions about the past tense of envy
- What is the past tense of envy?
- The past tense of envy is envied.
- What is the past participle of envy?
- The past participle of envy is envied.
- Is envy a regular or irregular verb?
- Envy is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: envy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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