Invidious /(?)/

In·vid·i·ous

Invidious

a.
  1. Envious; malignant. [Obs.]
  2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [Obs.]
    Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man.
  3. Likely to or intended to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy or resentment; hateful; offensive; as, invidious distinctions.
    Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.