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

Colt Gray, now 16, pleaded guilty to 55 felony counts, including four counts of malice murder, on Friday.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
The suspect, who has not been identified due to his age, faces two counts of malice murder, possession of a pistol by a minor, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Definition of malice

Noun

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
The rise of Santa Muerte The other folk saint tied to narco culture is Santa Muerte, whose Grim Reaper appearance and relative obscurity prompt assumptions of malevolence.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 7 June 2026

Definition of malevolence

Noun

While being in the midst of culture war battles, Clark has also been the victim of some hard fouls due to what's commonly been perceived as massive jealousy from her peers.

— Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The first rule of thumb for tackling social jealousy is to never discount your child’s feelings.

— Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of jealousy

Noun

The extensive prep helped Roth maintain a fun atmosphere on set in spite of the time pressures — something that was key to getting the best out of his cast of child actors.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Aug. 2026
In spite of their original values of humanitarianism and neutrality, these organizations have been morally debased from within, using the language of human rights and international justice yet deploying it on behalf of autocracies and against the liberal democracies that created them.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 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

Say what needs to change, keep the fix specific, and protect your energy before resentment starts narrating the whole situation.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2026
As Cohn did before him, Trump likes to frame his anti-establishment politics of resentment as empathy for the working class.

— Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of resentment

Noun

Jealousy and envy are closely related, but slightly different.

— Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026
Sometimes the trends are even more hyper-specific, like last year’s Pucci summer, in which influencers elicited envy while on Euro trips trapezing around in their retro prints.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 30 July 2026

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