VINDICTIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you say that someone is vindictive, you are critical of them because they deliberately try to upset or cause trouble for someone who they think has done them harm How can you be so vindictive? a vindictive woman desperate for revenge against the man who loved and left her
Vindictive - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Vindictive is often paired with mean, as in "the atmosphere of the cheerleading squad at my new school was vindictive and mean and I wanted nothing to do with it " Vindictive rumors show a spirit full of revenge Vindictive is from Latin vindicta "revenge "
Vindictive - definition of vindictive by The Free Dictionary vindictive - showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"
vindictive adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation . . . showing a strong and unreasonable desire to harm or upset somebody because you think that they have harmed you synonym spiteful He accused her of being vindictive She liked to believe that she wasn’t vindictive by nature They are just jealous, vindictive people Definition of vindictive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary