Vindictive Definition

vĭn-dĭktĭv
adjective
Revengeful in spirit; inclined to seek vengeance.
Webster's New World
Said or done in revenge; characterized by vengeance.
Vindictive punishment.
Webster's New World
Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful.
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Origin of Vindictive

  • From Latin vindicta (“vengeance"), from vindico (“claim, vindicate"), from vindex (“defender"), +"Ž -ive.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin vindicta vengeance from vindex vindic- surety, avenger vindicate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vindictive Sentence Examples

  • He's a very vindictive man.

  • The man had a vindictive streak as wide as the valley, no doubt there.

  • Indisputably Charles was cruel, ungenerous and vindictive; yet he seems, at all hazards, strenuously to have endeavoured to do his duty during a period of political and religious transition, and, despite his violence and brutality, possessed many of the qualities of a wise and courageous statesman.

  • Bogdanich is vindictive and you'll pay for your obstinacy, said Kirsten.

  • His face quivered and immediately assumed a vindictive expression.

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