vindictiveness

Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a strong desire for revenge or retaliation.

Phrases & Collocations

feelings of vindictiveness

display vindictiveness

deep-seated vindictiveness

Example Sentences

Her vindictiveness towards her ex-boyfriend was evident in the way she spread rumors about him.

The vindictiveness in his tone made it clear that he was still holding a grudge.

The vindictiveness of the character in the movie added a dark twist to the plot.

She couldn't let go of her vindictiveness, even when everyone else had moved on.

His vindictiveness only served to escalate the conflict between the two parties.

The vindictiveness in her actions revealed a deep-seated anger towards her colleagues.

The vindictiveness of his revenge was disproportionate to the initial offense.

Their vindictiveness towards each other was tearing the once-close friends apart.

The vindictiveness in her words left a bitter taste in everyone's mouth.

He harbored a deep vindictiveness towards those who had wronged him in the past.

Real-world Examples

Instead, we see stubbornness, vindictiveness, carelessness.

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

Captain Nichols was anxious. He knew Tough Bill's vindictiveness.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

He was delighted that he discovered in him neither anger, nor vindictiveness, nor discouragement.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Two)

Jefferson Hope possessed also a power of sustained vindictiveness, which he may have learned from the Indians amongst whom he had lived.

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

She had heard Ashley say that the South was being treated as a conquered province and that vindictiveness was the dominant policy of the conquerors.

Source: Gone with the Wind

For this piece of vindictiveness had resulted in his being considered an extremely malicious man by several pious women of good birth.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Two)

I expected then people to be more of a piece than I do now, and I was distressed to find so much vindictiveness in so charming a creature.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

Not that St. John harboured a spirit of unchristian vindictiveness—not that he would have injured a hair of my head, if it had been fully in his power to do so.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

After Peter becomes enveloped by Venom and embraces the power it gives him, it's clear how his grandiosity becomes a force of destruction, a relentless narcissism redirecting all his energies into anger, vindictiveness and cruelty.

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

Professor Snape, who seemed to have attained new levels of vindictiveness over the summer, gave Nevihle detention, and Neville returned from it in a state of nervous collapse, having been made to disembowel a barrel full of horned toads.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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