as in vindictiveness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengefulness
Noun
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Colt has been indicted on 55 felony counts, including four counts of malice murder, according to court documents, and has pleaded not guilty.—
Devon M. Sayers,
CNN Money,
6 May 2025 -
Without it, little remained but his malice, his pettiness, and his insatiable appetite for revenge.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Ocean's big bad is casino owner Terry Benedict, played with the perfect amount of oily malevolence by Oscar nominee Andy García.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
3 May 2025
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At others, there are undertones of malevolence, potential violence.—
Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
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While most people understand intellectually that their partners have dating histories, having that history literally living down the hall creates an ongoing reminder that can trigger jealousy.—
Anna Pulley,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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This case is about love, jealousy, infidelity and money.—
Jenna Sundel
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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China’s rapidly increasing demand for emissions-free nuclear power and Russia’s historical relationship with Astana in the nuclear sector put them both in an advantageous position to pursue further involvement in spite of Kazakhstan’s purposeful pivot to the West.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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In spite of decades of funding increases and words of support from the Oval Office, Head Start has rarely—if ever—been sufficiently funded.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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In Canada, modest supply management policies keep farmgate and farmer pay prices higher, while disincentivizing the buildout of fast-paced, crowded and large scale production facilities at the heart of avian flu virulence.—
Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Everything about the movement surprised political observers: its virulence, its magnitude, its provincial origins, its apparent lack of structure and leadership, and its adamant refusal to be co-opted by existing political parties and unions.—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
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On both sides of Kashmir’s line of control, people feel powerless as their politicians rehash old arguments, potentially reigniting decades of smoldering resentment.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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Beyond the politics is a complex brew of resentment and reverence that the president, an Ivy League graduate himself, has long harbored for a club that has never really accepted him.—
Elisabeth Bumiller,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
Noun
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The love that Mariska Hargitay gets from you postgame is the envy of every other Knicks fan, Knicks celebrity fan.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 May 2025
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The Emerald, Jameson notes, portrays both envy and passion in every sip.—
Jenn Rice,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This process helped the research team assemble a cocktail that had the minimum number of components that were still sufficient enough to render the venom.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
2 May 2025
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The animal’s blood is drawn and purified to obtain antibodies that act against the venom.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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