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单词 vindictive
释义 vin·dic·tive
\(ˈ)vin|diktiv, -tēv also -təv\ adjective
Etymology: Latin vindicta revenge, vindication (from vindicare to defend, avenge) + English -ive
1.
 a.
  (1) : having a bitterly vengeful character : disposed to seek revenge
   < a vindictive man will look for occasions of resentment — James Martineau >
  (2) : intended for or involving revenge
   < punishments … essentially vindictive in their nature — M.R.Cohen >
 b. : characterized by an intent to cause unpleasantness, damage, or pain : nasty, vicious, spiteful
  < letters … with rather vindictive comments upon the people — Martha T. Stephenson >
  < a priggish and even vindictive poem — Cyril Connolly >
2. : intended for or involving retribution : punitive
 < a vindictive purpose, — a purpose to punish you for your suspicion — William Cowper >
Synonyms:
 revengeful, vengeful: vindictive applies to a desire to see another suffer or a disposition to revenge oneself for real or imagined wrong or slight, sometimes with implacable malevolence, sometimes with spiteful malice
  < his dark, handsome, aquiline features were convulsed into a spasm of vindictive hatred, which had set his dead face in a terribly fiendish expression — A. Conan Doyle >
  < the Muses are vindictive virgins, and avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their charms — L.P.Smith >
  revengeful and vengeful suggest truculent readiness to take vengeance on the part of one provoked
  < the sorrow through the villages spread by triumphant cruelties of vengeful military force and punishments without remorse — William Wordsworth >
  < to some vengeful people the treaty seemed too easy upon Germany; to many liberals it seemed too harsh — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager >
  < revengeful Nature grudged him the crops which she granted to more liberal husbandmen — W.M.Thackeray >
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