vindictiveness

English

Etymology

vindictive +‎ -ness

Noun

vindictiveness (usually uncountable, plural vindictivenesses)

  1. The condition of being vindictive.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 326:
      Lord Avonleigh was an angry rather than a vindictive man. Vindictiveness requires more energy of character than he possessed. Indeed, it may be questioned whether he would of himself have taken the violent measures of the preceding evening.
  2. A malevolent desire for revenge.

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