vindictive
adjective/vɪnˈdɪktɪv/
/vɪnˈdɪktɪv/
- showing a strong and unreasonable desire to harm or upset somebody because you think that they have harmed you synonym spiteful
- He accused her of being vindictive.
- a vindictive comment
- She liked to believe that she wasn’t vindictive by nature.
- They are just jealous, vindictive people.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin vindicta ‘vengeance’ + -ive.
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