vengefulness

noun

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as in vindictiveness

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Recent Examples of vengefulness The thought of this act of petty vengefulness, and others like it, were later on to fill me with remorse. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025 In her boredom — or maybe loose sense of vengefulness — Julie turns her attention to Paul’s best friend, Carey (Kyle Marvin), who has recently split from his wife. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025 This action demonstrates the president’s monumental cruelty, total lack of empathy and compassion, pathological narcissism, boundless vengefulness, abysmal ignorance and glaring immaturity. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengefulness
  1. vindictiveness
  2. malice
  3. malevolence
  4. jealousy
  5. spite
  6. virulence
  7. resentment
  8. envy
Noun
  • Last month, Judge Crenshaw concluded that while there was insufficient evidence to prove actual vindictiveness, the government could not justify its sudden shift from wanting to deport Abrego Garcia to prosecuting him.
    — Laura Romero, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • In less capable hands, her bitchiness, her vanity, her vindictiveness would have made her one-dimensional.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Definition of vindictiveness
Noun
  • But on Wednesday, the jury in the latest trial found that MGA had not acted with malice, meaning no punitive damages would be awarded.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2026
  • The company’s own investigation points less to malice than to a process that never engaged.
    — Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of malice
Noun
  • The rise of Santa Muerte The other folk saint tied to narco culture is Santa Muerte, whose Grim Reaper appearance and relative obscurity prompt assumptions of malevolence.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • Trying to find charm and not having malevolence as the intention, not trying to be evil, let the brilliant writing do that.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Definition of malevolence
Noun
  • Prosecutors argued that Yang, who had been involved with Gayle, murdered Reuter out of jealousy.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • This isn't intended to be a trauma dump, inspire jealousy, or make your significant other act as your therapist.
    — Sabrina Romanoff, CNBC, 29 June 2026
Definition of jealousy
Noun
  • In spite of their original values of humanitarianism and neutrality, these organizations have been morally debased from within, using the language of human rights and international justice yet deploying it on behalf of autocracies and against the liberal democracies that created them.
    — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • The ball got away from Witt at short in spite of his best efforts to keep it on the infield.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
Definition of spite
Noun
  • Google also mentioned that the system could do more general hypothesizing that doesn’t involve drugs, using an example of the spread of virulence genes in bacteria.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
  • Flu has overtaken covid in infections and hospitalizations during the winter respiratory virus season, and their virulence is becoming similar.
    — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2026
Definition of virulence
Noun
  • Unlike the 13 colonies, East and West Florida were largely unaffected by the British Stamp Act and other taxes that fueled resentment elsewhere because the colonies produced relatively little for the British colonial economy.
    — Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • When a leader isn't accountable to the process, the word becomes a do-as-I-say cliché that breeds resentment instead of results.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of resentment
Noun
  • The show, which was originally based on a memoir of the same name, serves up serious fashion envy as well as a helping of good-old inspiring feminism.
    — Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • The entertainment industry has spent a decade trying to reverse-engineer A24 — low key, because unbridled envy is a bad look.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
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“Vengefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vengefulness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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