VINDICTIVE


Meaning of VINDICTIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vɪndɪktɪv ]

If you say that someone is vindictive , you are critical of them because they deliberately try to upset or cause trouble for someone who they think has done them harm.

...a vindictive woman desperate for revenge against the man who loved and left her.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

• vin‧dic‧tive‧ness

...a dishonest person who is operating completely out of vindictiveness.

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