as in vindictive
likely to seek revenge
a vengeful person never lets go of a grudge
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Recent Examples of vengeful
Ware had his most vengeful stretch against the Eagles in 2011.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
Location Nestled in the coastal county of Suffolk, Lavenham is a tiny medieval village—once one of the wealthiest towns in Britain with its thriving 15th-century wool trade and a site of vengeful witch hunters like Matthew Hopkins.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
This time the duo battle A.I., sort of: Wallace invents a smart gnome that goes from helpful to evil real quick and Gromit helps figure out which figure beyond the gnome is responsible for this vengeful turn.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
Mercurial, vengeful and fixated on forming a safe space for Mormons, Brigham Young stops at nothing to see his dream realized.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
Location Nestled in the coastal county of Suffolk, Lavenham is a tiny medieval village—once one of the wealthiest towns in Britain with its thriving 15th-century wool trade and a site of vengeful witch hunters like Matthew Hopkins.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
This time the duo battle A.I., sort of: Wallace invents a smart gnome that goes from helpful to evil real quick and Gromit helps figure out which figure beyond the gnome is responsible for this vengeful turn.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
Mercurial, vengeful and fixated on forming a safe space for Mormons, Brigham Young stops at nothing to see his dream realized.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengeful
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Hollywood’s corridors of power are uniquely vulnerable to blowback from a notoriously vindictive president (who in 2018 lobbied the postmaster general to double postal rates for Amazon shipments to retaliate against Jeff Bezos for critical coverage in the Washington Post).—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2025
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Special counsel David Weiss defends charges against Hunter Biden Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, previously blasted the special counsel for selective and vindictive prosecution, arguing the gun and tax charges Hunter faced are rarely pursued.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Eventually, this revengeful streak will result in loneliness and isolation.—
Nicole Froio,
refinery29.com,
29 Oct. 2024
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Artemis was revengeful toward anyone who trespassed in wild nature, and trespassing could mean neglect, like not paying your dues.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
20 June 2023
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But his cruel divisiveness is deflecting attention from the main event.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
29 Jan. 2025
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Banek has requested the Illinois Department of Public Health probe the cruel death, also asking that all evidence associated with the case be preserved.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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The fans were on their feet and roaring after UCLA center Mara threw an outlet pass reminiscent of legendary predecessor Bill Walton to Eric Dailey Jr. for a vicious one-handed dunk.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2025
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Kevon Looney matched his regular season career-high with 18 points and Gary Payton II (15 points, nine rebounds) stamped the game with a vicious slam dunk with under a minute left.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Their malicious actions are putting the health of people, especially children, at grave risk, and will surely lead to future public health and migration crises in the U.S. – let alone suffering around the globe.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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The sci-fi/horror flick follows a crew aboard a spaceship called Prometheus who, while seeking the answers to humanity’s origin, find a rogue moon that is home to a malicious, advanced alien species.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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However the two teens entered this online subculture, their writings reveal despair about their personal lives and the world around them and expressed violent, hateful views.—
Phoebe Petrovic,
ProPublica,
25 Jan. 2025
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Meta also updated its hateful conduct policy to roll back protections for certain groups, including women and LGBTQ+ people.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, she was hounded out of the classroom by authorities hostile to Western literature.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Last year, Trump's predecessor Joe Biden fired the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, after an investigation found the official had created a hostile work environment.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Organized theft is no petty crime; these are not one-off crimes of desperation or a mom lifting a can of formula to feed her baby.—
Cailey Locklair,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
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In November 2023, Pryer filed a motion to terminate her remaining two years of probation based on a recent court ruling which held that a defendant convicted of a single petty offense may not be sentenced to both imprisonment and probation.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Vengeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vengeful. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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