vindictiveness

[ vin-dik-tiv-nis ]

noun

1. 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

vindictive ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

If anyone challenges that, he gets very nasty and vindictive.

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The features worked curiously, forming themselves for a second to a pattern of mean vindictiveness.

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We have, however, a better opinion of human nature than to believe in such extreme vindictiveness.

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Gloomy importance and cold vindictiveness distinguished them from the noisy rabble.

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All the vindictiveness and rancor of a party press could not obliterate these traits, and character sufficed to put down calumny.

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It was a face branded and stamped with so fierce a vindictiveness that she realized the hopelessness of argument.

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