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vindictive

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"Spiteful"

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10 lettersPronunciation /vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cdeiiintvvStarts with VEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite

Word origin

From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”) + -ive. Contrast Latin vindicātīvus.

Used in a sentence

  • The vindictive mockery in her voice made his brain quiver.
  • The victors will exact vindictive penalties and the losers of course will undertake to pay, but none of them realizes that money is going to do the most extraordinary things to them when they begin upon that.

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