Vindictiveness

Definition

vindictive /vÇn'dÇktÇv/ adj အၿငိဳးသိုတတ္ေသာ။ အာဃာတ ထားတတ္ေသာ။ a vindictive person/act/comment ❍ She can be extremely vindictive. ❏ vindictively adv အာဃာတျဖင့္။ ‘It serves them right,’ he thought vindictively. ❏ vindictiveness n [U] အာဃာတ။ အၿငိဳးႀကီးျခင္း။

Examples

1. ‘The vindictive politics of the period may have pushed the nation over the abyss
2. but at least the cadres were squeaky clean.’
3. ‘The state has proved how nasty and vindictive it can be over all this.’
4. ‘The losers must not be vindictive and the winners must not be arrogant.’
5. ‘It is childish and hateful to manufacture petty
6. vindictive cliques who seem to thrive on aloofness
7. exclusivity and secrecy.’
8. ‘This legislation can be used by malicious and vindictive people to get at their neighbours who might have a puppy or a dog next door.’
9. ‘If it was (as she claims) an accident
10. it was unfortunately timed to appear like a vindictive fit of pique.’
11. ‘Les had gone into the deal with full understanding of how vindictive and unforgiving Arnie and those in his organization could be.’
12. ‘For the life of me I can't understand the vindictive nature of their comments.’
13. ‘Never the less
14. it also makes me extremely bitter and vindictive and say horrid things.’
15. ‘And then you can send off vindictive messages to the spammers
16. telling them you told on them.’
17. ‘Those opposing him were so vindictive
18. untrue and stupid that they helped his cause even more than those that praised him.’
19. ‘Of course
20. the senior officers ran the risk of incurring the wrath of a vindictive and ruthless Chief Minister.’
21. ‘What kind of idyll was it that was supposed to emerge from this ugly
22. vindictive battle?’
23. ‘The only way this expulsion can be interpreted is as a spiteful and vindictive move.’
24. ‘How much more harsh and vindictive can our magistrates be?’
25. ‘Though Scylla is bent
26. harsh
27. and angry
28. the source of her rage is not vindictive.’
29. ‘Everything conspires to bring out the worst in him as he turns petty
30. malicious and vindictive.’
31. ‘Wilson thought both France and Britain were being too vindictive and unreasonable.’
32. ‘As well as levelling whole cities
33. the forces of nature pursue and torment individuals in the most vindictive and sadistic manner.’
34. ‘Goerge says public record will show that he is not a vindictive person.’