vindictiveness
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.
Origin of vindictiveness
1Other words from vindictiveness
- un·vin·dic·tive·ness, noun
Words Nearby vindictiveness
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How to use vindictiveness in a sentence
If anyone challenges that, he gets very nasty and vindictive.
Veteran, War Hero, Defendant, Troll | by Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo | September 29, 2020 | ProPublicaThe features worked curiously, forming themselves for a second to a pattern of mean vindictiveness.
The Winning Clue | James Hay, Jr.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.
Let us follow Him | Henryk SienkiewiczAll the vindictiveness and rancor of a party press could not obliterate these traits, and character sufficed to put down calumny.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James Lever
It was a face branded and stamped with so fierce a vindictiveness that she realized the hopelessness of argument.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville Buck
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