INVIDIOUS

invidious. Invidious, a. envious, ill-natured, malicious

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In‐vid″i‐ous (?), a. [[L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Envious.]] 1. 1. Envious; malignant. Evelyn.
2. 2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.
Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man. Barrow. 3. 3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes. Broome. — In‐vid″i‐ous‐ly, adv. — In‐vid″i‐ous‐ness, n.