invidious (in-VID-ee-uhs) adjective Unjust, offensive, or hateful, and likely to arouse resentment, ill will, anger, etc. [From Latin invidiosus (envious, envied, hostile), from invidia (envy, hostility), from videre (to see). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see) that is also the... Sign in to see full entry.