VENGEFULNESS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

vengefulness

noun

Definition of vengefulness

as in vindictiveness

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Recent Examples of vengefulness This action demonstrates the president’s monumental cruelty, total lack of empathy and compassion, pathological narcissism, boundless vengefulness, abysmal ignorance and glaring immaturity. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 The thought of this act of petty vengefulness, and others like it, were later on to fill me with remorse. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025 In her boredom — or maybe loose sense of vengefulness — Julie turns her attention to Paul’s best friend, Carey (Kyle Marvin), who has recently split from his wife. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Last month, Judge Crenshaw concluded that while there was insufficient evidence to prove actual vindictiveness, the government could not justify its sudden shift from wanting to deport Abrego Garcia to prosecuting him.

— Laura Romero, ABC News, 22 June 2026
In less capable hands, her bitchiness, her vanity, her vindictiveness would have made her one-dimensional.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026

Definition of vindictiveness

Noun

Both songs, like much of Ono’s musical and visual work, underline and encourage community, humanity, and creativity in everyone while simultaneously excoriating a pervasive malevolence.

— Katherine Turman, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
Not for the first time, the president’s clumsiness is likely to negate his malevolence, though not without considerable cost, in time and money, to Comey.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

Definition of malevolence

Noun

The singer’s October 1973 hit song chronicles one woman’s jealousy surrounding her significant other’s interest in another woman.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Instead of embracing the moment, too many players have projected petty jealousy, a grievance mentality and, at times, what many fans perceive as racial resentment.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of jealousy

Noun

On a day of love and spite and contrasts, his words resonate.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Magneto’s words are said in spite to Charles, the man who will miss him the most — who cradles his helmet for hours after Apocalypse has gone, and who keeps reliving the memory of his death over and over again throughout the season.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of spite

Noun

Firefighters and authorities in both European countries were caught off guard by the virulence of the fires, which were fueled by high temperatures and the long-term effects of climate change.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
The virulence of the French and Spanish wildfires, fueled by high temperatures and the long-term effects of climate change, caught fire crews and authorities off guard.

— Mark Carlson, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Definition of virulence

Noun

The inescapable sounds of rejection and resentment should’ve long been raining down from the Dawg Pound and ringing in the ears of the bosses who divided this fanbase by dolling up a flawed man as their franchise quarterback.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Margo and Harry’s late-life crisis brings decades of love, resentment and regret to the surface, with humour and emotional truth.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

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