trying to harm or upset sb, or showing that you want to, because you think that they have harmed you:
He accused her of being vindictive. * a vindictive comment / person
vindictively adverb:
'It serves them right,' he thought vindictively.
vindictiveness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is vindictive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, vindictive is tagged as adjective.
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