Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Vindictiveness; revengefulness.
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- noun The state or quality of being
vengeful
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a malevolent desire for revenge
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Examples
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But they have a particular vengefulness which is particularly nasty.
The Cameron Correction Jeff 2009
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Religion can also increase aggressive tendencies or hostile attitudes against perceived competitors or out-group members and in some instances intensify vengefulness.
Matt J. Rossano: Who is My Neighbor?: The Best and Worst of Religious Morality Matt J. Rossano 2010
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But he pronounced he felt no sourness or vengefulness toward his brothers attackers.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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But he pronounced he felt no sourness or vengefulness toward his brothers attackers.
Ethical Democracy As Lived Practice: The Murder of Marcelo Lucero ... admin 2009
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Was there even a hint of vengefulness or gladness at Osama bin Laden's death?
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He plays Lopakhin, the up-and-coming merchant who buys the estate on which his ancestors worked as slaves, with a bitter touch of Shylock-like vengefulness—yet he is no less alive to Lopakhin's ludicrous, even pathetic side.
The End Of the Line Terry Teachout 2011
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Once Crowley knew (and he did know in short order) that Gates was not a “skell” but rather, a “swell”, instead of extending to him the usual treatment accorded folks of his station (Imagine Gates 'peer and fellow Harvard Professor Lawrence Summers — being treated as Gates was ...), a certain vengefulness won out.
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Religion can also increase aggressive tendencies or hostile attitudes against perceived competitors or out-group members and in some instances intensify vengefulness.
Matt J. Rossano: Who is My Neighbor?: The Best and Worst of Religious Morality Matt J. Rossano 2010
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Once Crowley knew (and he did know in short order) that Gates was not a “skell” but rather, a “swell”, instead of extending to him the usual treatment accorded folks of his station (Imagine Gates 'peer and fellow Harvard Professor Lawrence Summers — being treated as Gates was ...), a certain vengefulness won out.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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A woman whose nefarious vengefulness coupled with a most shocking violation of her fiduciary duty as Rwanda's Minister for Family Welfare and Women's Development led to some of the darkest pages of the Rwandan Genocide.
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh: Nyiramasuhuko: The Mother Who Awarded Rape for Murder Sam Sasan Shoamanesh 2011
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