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vindictiveness

[ UK /vɪndˈɪktɪvnəs/ ]
[ US /vɪnˈdɪktɪvnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a malevolent desire for revenge

How To Use vindictiveness In A Sentence

  • In an act of petty vindictiveness she was deprived of the title of Her Royal Highness.
  • For some reason they have also chosen to crank the thumbscrews with an added splash of vindictiveness.
  • Those who use the word "Nazi" as Sarandon did use it fallaciously, but the actor's misnomer does not automatically suggest "vindictiveness" as Foxman claims. Michele Somerville: Should Susan Sarandon Apologize For Calling The Pope A "Nazi?"
  • Whether or not Johanna is right or wrong, she has comported herself reasonably well and without rancour or vindictiveness. Tax-Exempt Status in Danger » Comics Worth Reading
  • He withheld the letter out of sheer vindictiveness.
  • A true gentleman is above envy, jealousy or vindictiveness.
  • Yet his sincerity, his freedom from vindictiveness, his never-failing readiness to use his eloquence to combat injustice, and a certain warmth of character which breaks through the restraints of classicizing purism make him attractive to the patient reader.
  • A crime of such selfishness, vindictiveness and plain no-goodedness that I hesitate to lay it before you in all its red toothed, black cloaked and villainous evil.
  • He does not tend toward vindictiveness or in-your-face triumphalism.
  • It's the same kind of piggish, clueless vindictiveness of a passenger on a storm-tossed boat in the middle of an angry sea - who hates the captain so much he hopes he's too incompetent to keep the boat from sinking. Mario Almonte: Can Hope Float the Economy - and Sink the Republicans?
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