revengefulness
Example Sentences
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Hence they laid at his door God's violent anger against them, blaming not the wickedness of those who had been punished, but Moses, who, they said, had excited God's revengefulness against them.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Paul Radin
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 John Galsworthy
Anger and censure prompted by sincere love are very different from the wrath, hatred and revengefulness of the world, which seeks only its own interests and is unwilling to tolerate any opposition to its pleasure.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker
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 Mór Jókai
The whole Corsican character, with its stern love of justice, its furious revengefulness and wild passion for freedom, seems to be illustrated by the peculiar elements of grandeur and desolation in this landscape.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Horatio Robert Forbes Brown
