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Meanings of vindictiveness in English

Portuguese
vingatividade
Spanish
rencor

A malevolent desire for revenge.

        vingatividade
        Usage of vindictiveness in English
        1
        It's always best to negotiate from a position of strength and vindictiveness.
        A Hard Day’s Knight
        2
        It outraged the Mexicans, and excited the vindictiveness of the Liberal party.
        Maximilian in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Inte...
        3
        The mob showed their keen vindictiveness in their treatment of his body.
        World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
        4
        But he had the heroic virtues-courageand generosity and freedom from vindictiveness.
        The Pleasures of Ignorance
        5
        His resentment against the pinch of circumstance was deepening to cancerous vindictiveness.
        The Sturdy Oak / A composite Novel of American Politics by fourt...
        6
        His round eyes said that with all the vindictiveness of injured conceit.
        Bella Donna: A Novel
        7
        She had learned hardness and self-control from the lesson, but not vindictiveness.
        At Last: A Novel
        8
        It ill becomes you, Prince Bolaroz, to vent your vindictiveness upon me.
        Graustark
        9
        You let your woman's vindictiveness overstep your natural caution, my dear girl.
        The House of Whispers
        10
        That was her way of harmlessly solacing love's vindictiveness for an injury.
        Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 1
        11
        His style of government was authoritarian; his personal vindictiveness was corrosive.
        The duel: pakistan on the flight path of american power
        12
        In Australia such bitter vindictiveness is usually found only in former prime ministers.
        News.com.au
        13
        His copper-colored, repulsive visage compelled fear; it breathed vindictiveness and malignity.
        The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the...
        14
        Again and again in this drama Shakespeare's personal vindictiveness serves an artistic purpose.
        The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story
        15
        Somewhere with her was associated the idea of punishment, vindictiveness, revenge.
        The Damned
        16
        In his soul, cupidity, vanity, and vindictiveness divided the narrow territory between them.
        The End of the World: A Love Story
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        vingatividade
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