revengefulness

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The former was as famous for his power and riches, his envy and revengefulness, as was the latter for his strength and gentleness, his sympathy and tenderness.

From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Jókai, Mór

My dear young lady," said Mr. Lavender soothingly, "you are not—you cannot be revengeful; for every great writer and speaker tells us that revengefulness is an emotion alien to the Allies, who are merely just.

From The Burning Spear by Galsworthy, John

Through all her extravagance, envy, and revengefulness he saw the central truth—that he had been deceived—not by his wife, but by himself!

From Clarence by Harte, Bret

And Auriole with the disposition to like him better than any man of her acquaintance suffered an entire reversal of feeling and went headlong to the other extreme in a spirit of unbecoming revengefulness.

From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland

It is scarcely possible for them to deal with the hypocrisy and jealousy, revengefulness and cant that broke a man's life and a nation's cause.

From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur