vindictive
11vindictive — UK [vɪnˈdɪktɪv] / US adjective a) someone who is vindictive is cruel to anyone who hurts them and will not forgive them vindictive towards: Divorced couples often become quite vindictive towards each other. b) used about people s behaviour a… …
12vindictive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vengeful, spiteful, bitter; resentful; implacable, rancorous; bearing a grudge. See retaliation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. revengeful, retaliatory, unforgiving, implacable, vengeful, unrelenting,… …
13vindictive — [[t]vɪndɪ̱ktɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) 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. How can you be so vindictive? ...a …
14vindictive — vindictively, adv. vindictiveness, n. /vin dik tiv/, adj. 1. disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person. 2. proceeding from or showing a revengeful spirit: vindictive rumors. [1610 20; < L vindict(a) vengeance + IVE] Syn. 1.… …
15vindictive — vin|dic|tive [vınˈdıktıv] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: vindicta revenge , from vindicare; VINDICATE] unreasonably cruel and unfair towards someone who has harmed you ▪ a bitter and vindictive old man >vindictively adv… …
16vindictive — adjective deliberately cruel and unfair, especially to someone who has harmed you: After the divorce Joan s ex husband became increasingly vindictive. vindictively adverb: “That ll teach her,” he thought vindictively. vindictiveness noun (U) …
17vindictive — [vɪnˈdɪktɪv] adj someone who is vindictive will not forgive a person who has hurt them, and tries to hurt them back vindictiveness noun [U] …
18vindictive — /vɪnˈdɪktɪv / (say vin diktiv) adjective 1. disposed or inclined to revenge; revengeful: a vindictive person. 2. proceeding from or showing a revengeful spirit. {Latin vindicta vengeance + ive} –vindictively, adverb –vindictiveness, noun …
19vindictive — adj. 1 tending to seek revenge. 2 spiteful. Phrases and idioms: vindictive damages Law damages exceeding simple compensation and awarded to punish the defendant. Derivatives: vindictively adv. vindictiveness n. Etymology: L vindicta vengeance (as …
20Vindictive damages — Vindictive Vin*dic tive, a. [For vindicative, confused with L. vindicta revenge, punishment, fr. vindicare to vindicate. Cf. {Vindicative}.] 1. Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful. [1913 Webster] I am vindictive… …
