Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Vindictiveness; revengefulness.

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  • noun The state or quality of being vengeful

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  • noun a malevolent desire for revenge

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Examples

  • But they have a particular vengefulness which is particularly nasty.

    The Cameron Correction Jeff 2009

  • 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

  • But he pronounced he felt no sourness or vengefulness toward his brothers attackers.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • 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

  • Was there even a hint of vengefulness or gladness at Osama bin Laden's death?

    Should We Have Celebrated Osama Bin Laden's Death? 2011

  • 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

  • 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.

    “Res-pect Mah Authori-taaaaaayyyyh!” 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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