Which option best describes a feeling of discontent toward another's advantages?

• A. Charity
• B. Gratitude
• C. Despair
• D. Envy

Answer: (D)

The feeling described is envy: a discontent or resentful longing for what another person has. This fits best because it centers on discontent directed at someone else’s advantages—the person has something you want and you resent that they possess it. In Christian moral thought, envy is a vice that distorts love and community, turning admiration for another’s good into resentment or ill will.

By contrast, charity is love that seeks the good of others and typically leads to wishing well for them; gratitude is thankfulness for what you have or for what God has given, not coveting someone else’s gains; and despair is a loss of hope about one’s own future. So envy uniquely describes the mix of longing and discontent toward another’s advantages.