REVENGEFUL

revengeful, vindictive, vengeful

(adjective) disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; “more vindictive than jealous love”- Shakespeare; “punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature”- M.R.Cohen

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

revengeful (comparative more revengeful, superlative most revengeful)

Vengeful, vindictive. [from 16th c.]

Synonym: Thesaurus:vengeful

Source: Wiktionary


Re*venge"ful, a.

Definition: Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge. If thy revengeful heart can not forgive. Shak. May my hands . . . Never brandish more rebvengeful steel. Shak.

Syn.

– Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious.

– Re*venge"ful*ly, adv.

– Re*venge"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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