Vindictive

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  • adjective. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful.
  • adjective. Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Revengeful; given to revenge; indicating a revengeful spirit.
  • Punitive; pertaining to or serving as punishment.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful.
  • adjective. Punitive.
  • adjective. See under Damage, n.
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  • adjective. Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  • adjective. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
    • Word Usage
    "I realize that the word vindictive is a little strong for his comment to David, but there does seem to be some rancor coming from something."
    cross-reference
    vindictive damages  
    Equivalent
    malicious  unforgiving  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    addictive  predictive  restrictive  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bloodthirsty  cruel  envious  ferocious  greedy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bitter  grudgeful  mean  nasty  punitive  
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