vengefulness
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- noun
- /ˈvɛnʤfəl.nəs/
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venganza
- The story explored the vengefulness that can arise from deep-seated grudges.
- hatred and vengefulness
He says that it's not shaming the enemy in secret vengefulness, right?
- He says that it's not shaming the enemy in secret vengefulness, right?
- Vendettas, vengefulness spied and I, well, you asked me for my definition, so yeah.
Examples
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So their image of God is not one of love, acceptance, and mercy, but one of cruelty, vengefulness, and tyranny.
Blog text (6) -
You have certain qualities, a self centeredness, self pity, pride, vengefulness.
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Inside, one may feel desire, fear, vengefulness, or curiosity, but he or she must not let this interfere with the pursuit of the proper course of action.
Academic text (1990) -
Yet they were so afraid of Hillary's vengefulness that they promoted his candidacy secretly at first.
Blog text (26) -
I don't have the vengefulness or organizational skills to maintain a list of pending threats, but I do remember them occasionally.
Blog text (30) -
Achilles, for example, was full of wrath, full of vengefulness, so self-centered that he was destructive to both his own people and his enemies.
Academic text (2001) -
Political developments in all of them are likely to be heavily shaped by a potent mix of hatred, vengefulness, and envy (Elster 1991).
Academic text (1995) -
We think of fame as a form of homage, the adulation we lavish on the gifted, but it may contain a large measure of resentment and vengefulness as well.
Academic text (2008) -
His vengefulness led him to plot against those who wronged him.
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She was consumed by vengefulness after the betrayal of her friend.
Synonyms
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4.4
A feeling of wanting to hurt or annoy someone
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4.2
A long, strong feeling of anger toward someone who treated you unfairly
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4.3
A long-lasting feeling of anger or dislike because of a past hurt
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A strong feeling of anger and hurt toward someone
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7.3
A strong feeling of anger that makes you want to hurt others
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A strong wish to get revenge for a wrong
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7.4
A wish to hurt, upset, or annoy other people
A feeling of wanting to hurt someone who hurt you
Antonyms
How Vengeful
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Surface Forms
Morphology
vengefulness = vengeful (transparent) = venge + ful + ness
Standard nominalization of the adjective 'vengeful' with '-ness', producing the state or quality described by the adjective.
Etymology
Vengefulness comes from vengeance, which goes back to an old Latin verb vindicare meaning 'to claim' or 'to punish'. So, vengefulness is the strong wish to take revenge or punish someone who has hurt you.