The phrase "a deep envy of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a strong feeling of jealousy or resentment towards someone else's possessions, qualities, or achievements.
Example: "She felt a deep envy of her friend's success, wishing she could achieve the same level of recognition."
Alternatives: "a strong jealousy of" or "a profound resentment towards".
I feel a deep envy of people who can know what their own minds are saying, and who have the power to act accordingly.
By Russell Maloney The New Yorker, February 28 , 1942P. 7 Checking a loved one into the hospital, to have her metabolism stepped up to wartime efficience, we were conscious of a deep envy of the patients.
Imogen Daines seizes avidly on every line showing Helena is tormented by a lack of self-worth and deep envy of Hermia who evidently had the pick of the boys, and honours, at school.
"Strictly Come Dancing is on the list," she says, confessing her deep envy of Ed Balls, one of this year's contestants.
A yearlong bicoastal affair ensued, though weekends at the Carlyle in New York are nothing next to the night, sure to cause deep envy in the hearts of nerd-positive girls everywhere, that Jobs appeared at Egan's door with the spanking-new Macintosh and proceeded to set it up in her bedroom himself.
Austin Tobin and David Rockefeller in the end succeeded beyond their dreams in producing a cathedral of commerce and capitalism, a symbol that now attracted both grudging respect and deep envy around the world.
A lifetime's fear, loathing, jealousy and envy are squished up in a deep fried ball of sporting bile and wishful schadenfreude.
A deep feeling of satisfaction.
For anyone gardening in the deer-challenged suburbs, strolling amid Toscairn's unmolested flora can provoke a deep, if fleeting pang of envy.
Somewhere we can even sense a certain envy of those who have shed all false ambitions and found a deeper fulfillment in their relationship with God.
The Germans have a historic envy of superior military power.
