vindictive
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vindictive
- /vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɪktɪv
Where it comes from
From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”) + -ive. Contrast Latin vindicātīvus.
adjective more vindictive · most vindictive
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Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful.
Lord Avonleigh was an angry rather than a vindictive man. Vindictiveness requires more energy of character than he possessed. Indeed, it may be questioned whether he would of himself have taken the violent measures of the preceding evening.
Similar: vengeful, revengeful, nasty, avengeful, pluckcrow, vengeable, vengesome, vindical, vindictive, wreakful
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Punitive.
Similar: punishing, punitory, castigatory, punishmental, punitive, vindicatory, vindictive
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: vengeful, revengeful, malicious, despiteful, spiteful, unforgiving, resentful, vengeable, petty, vexatious, aggrieved, perversed, invidious, peevish, venomous, bitchy
Translations
Every language
adj having a tendency to seek revenge
| Español | vindicativo |
|---|---|
| Português | vingativo, vingador |
| Français | vindicatif, rancuneux |
| Deutsch | rachsüchtig |
| Italiano | vendicativo |
| Română | vindicativ, răzbunător, dușmănos, ranchiunos |
| Русский | мсти́тельный mstítelʹnyj |
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