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Common collocations with jealous in American Collocation

jealous adjective

US /ˈdʒeləs/

very

bitterly
dead
deeply
extremely
fiercely
incredibly
intensely
really
so
terribly
very

Seeing her husband kissing other women in film roles makes her extremely jealous.

unreasonably

absurdly
exceedingly
insanely
pathologically

She became insanely jealous when he socialized with other people.

rather

a little
quite
rather
slightly
somewhat
a tad

I imagine his brothers were a little jealous of his good fortune.

more and more

increasingly

I am increasingly jealous about my partner’s ex-wife.

be
become
feel
get
make someone

They may feel jealous of the attention the other child is getting.

I always looked so happy, it made him jealous.