He became quite vindictive after his wife left him.
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Vindictive
Synonyms for "vindictive" (33 found)
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7 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 32 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- ոխակալ adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- վրեժխնդիր adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- քինոտ adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Belarusian
2 entries- мсці́вы adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- по́мслівы adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отмъсти́телен adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خوێنەخوێ adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Czech
2 entries- mstivý adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- pomstychtivý adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Danish
1 entries- hævngerrig adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Dutch
2 entries- rancuneus adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- wraakzuchtig adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Esperanto
1 entries- venĝema adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Finnish
2 entries- kostonhaluinen adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- kostonhimoinen adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
French
2 entries- rancuneux adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- vindicatif adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Georgian
2 entries- შურისმაძიებელი adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- შურისმგებელი adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
German
1 entries- rachsüchtig adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Hungarian
1 entries- bosszúszomjas adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Icelandic
2 entries- hefnigjarn adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- heiftrækinn adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Ido
2 entries- venjavida adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- venjema adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Irish
2 entries- agrach adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- aifearach adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Italian
1 entries- vendicativo adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Macedonian
2 entries- одмазднички adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- осветлив adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Māori
4 entries- kaikiko adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- turatura adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- whakakaitoa adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- whakamau adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hevngjerrig adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- racheewent adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Polish
2 entries- mściwy adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- złośliwy adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Portuguese
2 entries- vingador adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- vingativo adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Romanian
4 entries- dușmănos adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- ranchiunos adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- răzbunător adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- vindicativ adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Russian
1 entries- мсти́тельный adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dìoghaltach adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- osvetoljùbiv adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- осветољу̀бив adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Slovak
2 entries- pomstivý adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- pomstychtivý adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Slovene
1 entries- maščevalen adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Spanish
2 entries- vengativo adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
- vindicativo adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Swedish
1 entries- hämndlysten adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мсти́вий adj (having a tendency to seek revenge)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom can be very vindictive.
Source: tatoeba (4135125)
Do not be so vindictive!
Source: tatoeba (6292141)
"Not so; though glory wait not on the act; / though poor the praise, and barren be the gain, / vengeance on feeble woman to exact, / yet praised hereafter shall his name remain, / who purges earth of such a monstrous stain. / Sweet is the passion of vindictive joy, / sweet is the punishment, where just the pain, / sweet the fierce ardour of revenge to cloy, / and slake with Dardan blood the funeral flames of Troy."
Source: tatoeba (6854953)
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