vengefulness
- a word derived from vengeful.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps he did not want to risk the wrath of the American president, with his reputation for vengefulness.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Pickett survived but fell into a slough of despond and vengefulness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024
I think, too, of the ending of “Moby-Dick,” in which a broken Captain Ahab, frothing with vengefulness, spots the white whale he’s been hunting, and begins to scream.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 31, 2019
Rachel’s face is a masterpiece of rising vengefulness as he runs through his reasons.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2016
He would risk anything to escape this man, to flee from the vengefulness radiating from his body.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
