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vindictive

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Eager to take revenge for a perceived wrong.

The novel's vindictive landlord tries to punish every critic.

Dictionary practice example.

A vindictive regent in an invented island story seeks to humiliate a mapmaker who publicly questioned the accuracy of his official map.