vindictive
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"I'd like a more modern right with free-market values, but represented by someone who is not so vindictive and wants to work for Peru," he says.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
They have committed the most despicable and vindictive acts against the very people who risked everything for the revolution.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Musk could also appeal Monday’s verdict, a vindictive move that would add to the uncertainty hanging over the company as it nears its IPO.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
All would be lost, however, without Mays’ quicksilver brilliance — the way he can shift from savage irony to vindictive rage to godless despair in the space of a line.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
“Sir,” I interrupted him, “you are inexorable for that unfortunate lady: you speak of her with hate—with vindictive antipathy. It is cruel—she cannot help being mad.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing vindictive
The Crucible
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You Can Say That Again: Dic and Dict
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Grade 9, List 4
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