Vindictive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful.
  • adj. Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful.
  • adj. Punitive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Revengeful; given to revenge; indicating a revengeful spirit.
  • Punitive; pertaining to or serving as punishment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  • adj. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
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    Words with the same meaning
    revengeful    punitive    retaliative    grudgeful    vengeful   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ferocious    implacable    cruel    spiteful    revengeful