The Only Use of
vindictive
in
1984 by Orwell
- A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic.
p. 14..7vindictiveness = desire to hurt others
Definition:
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(vindictive) desirous of seeking revenge or wanting to hurt someone