vindictive
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7.9
- adjective
- /vɪnˈdɪktɪv/
:
vengativo
- She was vindictive towards anyone who opposed her, always plotting revenge.
- vindictive behavior
- vindictive passions
Always remember, narcissistic people are much more vindictive than regular folks.
- Always remember, narcissistic people are much more vindictive than regular folks.
- It means that you do not need to be vindictive or cruel.
- It's alienating and small and vindictive and mean.
- Now, we talked earlier about D'Angelo and how vindictive he is.
- I'm normally not a vindictive person.
- These are coming from the Gospels and you know, these are ways of saying, you know, quit being such a vindictive jerk, right?
- It seeks those out, just like vindictiveness seeks out the opportunities to be vindictive, right?
- So in most cases, that's not going to happen, but you do want to be mindful of that because if you're with someone who is vindictive in that way, you never know.
- They need, in order for it to rise to consciousness and have some agency, to actually find something that they can be vindictive towards.
- And in my approach, a lot of people can be really charming until they don't get what they want, and then they turn into vindictive jerks.
- Well, we agree that there are some voices that are being silenced, which we think are unfair, arbitrary, you know, vindictive decision making.
Examples
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It means that you do not need to be vindictive or cruel.
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We underestimated how vindictive the agency could be.
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What could I have done to make you so vindictive?
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Until these last two years, I had no idea I could be so vindictive.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm normally not a vindictive person.
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You know the truly vindictive, patient as saints.
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Always remember, narcissistic people are much more vindictive than regular folks.
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But I don't want to be vindictive.
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Dr. Howe was jealous and vindictive; he turned local people away from his door.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm just not vengeful or vindictive.
Synonyms
37
6.9
Wanting to harm someone because they hurt you
23
5.1
Wanting to hurt or upset someone on purpose
3
7.1
Wanting to punish someone for a wrong they did to you
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5.8
Wanting to hurt someone who hurt you
Wanting to hurt or upset other people
Antonyms
Compounds
How Vengeful
Surface Forms
Morphology
vindictive = vindicate (opaque) = vindict + ive
Although the form suggests a relation to 'vindicate', the meanings diverge: 'vindicate' means 'to clear/justify' while 'vindictive' means 'seeking revenge', so knowing the base will not reliably predict the adjective's meaning.
Etymology
The word vindictive comes from the Latin verb vindicare, which meant 'to claim' or 'to punish', and the same root is in vindicate, which means to prove you were right. That's why vindictive describes someone who wants revenge and wants to punish or hurt someone who has done them wrong.