VINDICTIVE


Meaning of VINDICTIVE in English

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

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

ADJ disapproval

~ness

...a dishonest person who is operating completely out of ~ness.

N-UNCOUNT

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