Invidious

Websters 1828 Dictionary
Invidious INVID'IOUS, a. [L. invidiosus, from invideo, to envy; in and video, to see. Invideo signified properly, to look against.]
1. Envious; malignant.
2. Likely to incur ill will or hatred, or to provoke envy; hateful. [This is the usual sense.]
Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)
invidious adj 1: containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons" [syn: discriminatory, invidious]