vengefulness

noun

Definition of vengefulnessnext
as in vindictiveness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengefulness
  1. malice
  2. malevolence
  3. jealousy
  4. spite
  5. virulence
  6. resentment
  7. envy
  8. venom
Noun
  • The jury in the trial, heard in a Bay County, Fla., court, will be asked to determine whether CNN journalists acted with actual malice, which is defined as the publication of false information with reckless disregard of the truth.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Some of the rebels were jihadists (more on that in a moment), but Assad directed his malice universally—and, if anything, more violently toward non-jihadists, whose only demand was freedom from Assad and his cronies.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of malice
Noun
  • The message is the malevolence of AI for the most part.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Nicolas Cage went for a high-concept ghoul in Longlegs; Hugh Grant reveled in professorial malevolence in Heretic; Naomi Scott unraveled in the face of grinning death in Smile 2.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of malevolence
Noun
  • Louie’s nonchalant friend Murph (Alfie Gledhill), there to be part of a surprise, and Sam (Harley Wilson), Irene’s close friend who ignites Louie’s jealousy.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In her performances, Ado’s shouts and screams richly express the full range of negative emotions, such as anger, sadness, fear, disgust, pity, frustration, and jealousy.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of jealousy
Noun
  • However, some resettled Venezuelans expressed positive views about the incoming president — painting him as the opposite of their country’s socialist leader, Nicolás Maduro — in spite of Trump’s proposed mass deportations of immigrants without legal status.
    Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
  • In spite of some sound issues with the 12-piece band too often overwhelming the singers, the performances burst with charm and energy.
    Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of spite
Noun
  • 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
  • An ePPP is a pathogen that has been modified to enhance its transmissibility and virulence.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of virulence
Noun
  • The national blindness to the depth of Moro resentment has led Philippine politicians and policymakers to treat Moros as wayward children who can be set right through minor concessions, or if those fail, through force.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Cherry titrates Dylan’s outie with notes of resignation and resentment, and Turturro bolsters outside Irv — a lonely artist — with genial warmth.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of resentment
Noun
  • This frustrates users, who watch Apple’s everyone, everywhere updates with some envy.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • On average, autistic participants reported 24% less envy than neurotypical participants.
    Trystan Loustau and Liane Young, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of envy
Noun
  • Those defeats against Bologna and Udinese heaped even more importance on a fixture that is always laced with plenty of venom, and there were certainly plenty of participants with experience of both sides of this storied rivalry.
    Adam Digby, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Besides the red cross, the new species may have different types of venom that researchers have not studied.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of venom
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