Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to vindicate.—2. Punitory.
- Vindictive; revengeful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to vindicate; vindicating.
- adjective obsolete Revengeful; vindictive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
tendency tovindicate . - adjective Vindictive or excessively
vengeful .
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Examples
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Other documents published Thursday refer to Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov as "a vain, vindicative liar" and "not very bright."
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Stop it, and drop it, enough is enough, your turning us against this party with all the sarcastic, hateful, and vindicative remarks.
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Other documents published Thursday refer to Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov as "a vain, vindicative liar" and "not very bright."
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She is too vindicative, too selfish, she thinks she is God gift to the world.
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Stop it, and drop it, enough is enough, your turning us against this party with all the sarcastic, hateful, and vindicative remarks.
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Other documents published Thursday refer to Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov as "a vain, vindicative liar" and "not very bright."
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The problem is she has become extremely negative and vindicative, making it harder for the eventual party nominee to win in November:
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For one thing, the starting point seems always to be that there is no such thing as good faith support of Obama -- every vote for Obama is taken as simply a childish and vindicative vote against Hillary.
AP/Ipsos: Hillary Takes Seven-Point National Lead Over Obama, Both Beat McCain 2009
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It was so beneath the belt that it diminishes her credibility on any future attacKs as simply being vindicative and polarizing which affirms her existing negative traits.
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It was so beneath the belt that it diminishes her credibility on any future attacKs as simply being vindicative and polarizing which affirms her existing negative traits.
Hillary Campaign Official Says GOP Will Target Obama For Drug Use 2009
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