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vindictiveness
[ vin-dik-tiv-nis ]
noun
- a vengeful character or quality; a spirit of revenge:
Grudges, vindictiveness, jealousies, and so on are part of being human, but must be separated from hiring decisions.
Other Words From
- un·vin·dic·tive·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of vindictiveness1
Example Sentences
If anyone challenges that, he gets very nasty and vindictive.
The features worked curiously, forming themselves for a second to a pattern of mean vindictiveness.
We have, however, a better opinion of human nature than to believe in such extreme vindictiveness.
Gloomy importance and cold vindictiveness distinguished them from the noisy rabble.
All the vindictiveness and rancor of a party press could not obliterate these traits, and character sufficed to put down calumny.
It was a face branded and stamped with so fierce a vindictiveness that she realized the hopelessness of argument.
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