jaundiced eye

jaundiced eye
Synonyms and related words:
bent, bias, envy, favoritism, forejudgment, green-eyed jealousy, green-eyed monster, heartburn, heartburning, horn-madness, inclination, jalousie, jaundice, jealousness, jealousy, leaning, one-sidedness, partialism, partiality, partisanship, preconception, predilection, prejudgment, prejudice, prepossession, twist, undetachment, undispassionateness

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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