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English sailors expressing a feeling of resentment (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

envy

'feeling of resentment' is the definition.
(envy is a feeling of resentment)

'english sailors expressing a' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'sailors' becomes 'navy' (group of sailors).
'expressing' is a deletion indicator.
'navy' with 'a' taken away is 'nvy'.
'e'+'nvy'='ENVY'

(Other definitions for envy that I've seen before include "Resentful feeling" , "Covetousness" , "One of 7 vices" , "One of seven deadly sins" , "One of the 7 deadly sins" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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