Which should you use, enviable or envious? The adjective enviable means arousing or likely to arouse envy. The adjective envious means feeling or showing envy. Envy is the feeling that you wish you had something that someone else has.
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Australia has an envious reputation for its clean waters.
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Australia has an enviable reputation for its clean waters.
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I am enviable of her position.
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I am envious of her position.
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