vindictiveadjective
uk/vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv/us/vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv/disapprovinghaving or showing a wish to harm someone because you think that they harmed you; unwilling to forgive:
In the movie "Cape Fear", a lawyer's family is threatened by a vindictive former prisoner.
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Revenge and vengefulness
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- avenge
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- even
- hit
- mind
- own
- pay
- pay sb back
- payback
- reprisal
- retaliate
- retaliatory
- revenge
- tit for tat
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeance
- vengeful
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vindictively
adverb uk/vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv.li/us/vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv.li/
vindictiveness
noun [ U ] uk/vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv.nəs/us/vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv.nəs/