vengefulness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengefulness
Noun
  • Slightly off-topic comments can derail it so far away from the original point, and it isn't always done with malice.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • To borrow another logical principle, Hanlon's razor: Don't ascribe to malice that which can be otherwise explained by rank incompetence.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At others, there are undertones of malevolence, potential violence.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Or in the case of Polanski’s, of the Hey-nothing-personal malevolence of late-model capitalism?
    Jim Shepard, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Excessive or early jealousy Jealousy can be a sabotaging behavior and a form of manipulation.
    Christina Pérez, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Of course, not every moment of comparison or jealousy is an immediate red flag, Suzanne Degges-White, PhD, LCPC, a licensed counselor and chair of the department of counseling and higher education at the Northern Illinois University College of Education, tells SELF.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In spite of that, Alexander said, intentional misinformation has been circulating that Anthony’s family had bought a new home with the funds raised and was living in luxury.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
  • As a result, in spite of the boycott all matches were well attended.
    Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In Canada, modest supply management policies keep farmgate and farmer pay prices higher, while disincentivizing the buildout of fast-paced, crowded and large scale production facilities at the heart of avian flu virulence.
    Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Everything about the movement surprised political observers: its virulence, its magnitude, its provincial origins, its apparent lack of structure and leadership, and its adamant refusal to be co-opted by existing political parties and unions.
    Arthur Goldhammer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2018
Noun
  • The Left’s point is to drill home the notion that conservatism is all incoherent and barely stifled rage and resentment and not about ideas, principles, and the values of a moral, free society.
    Doug Ducey, National Review, 14 Apr. 2025
  • This boundary-crossing behavior systematically erodes a couple’s autonomy, breeding resentment and powerlessness that can eventually culminate in divorce.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Separate from the ups and downs of our markets, though, Americans should feel assured by another trend from recent weeks: The infrastructure and operational practices underpinning our markets are the envy of the world and have met the challenge posed by recent volatility.
    Lynn Martin, president of the New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Beyond its natural gas advantage, America already enjoys hydrogen infrastructure that’s the envy of the world.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Chung also used a powerful MRI scanner to produce images of the octopuses’ brains and internal organs, discovering that the males had larger venom glands than females despite their smaller size.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Once the venom wore off, the females merely forced the males away, with all six females surviving to lay their eggs.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Vengefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vengefulness. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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