All 6 Uses of
vindictive
in
Crime and Punishment
- "She is lying," he thought to himself, biting his nails vindictively.†
Chpt 3.3 *
- Raskolnikov could not help glancing at him with a flash of vindictive anger in his black eyes, but immediately recollected himself.†
Chpt 3.5
- "Yes, I am certainly a louse," he went on, clutching at the idea, gloating over it and playing with it with vindictive pleasure.†
Chpt 3.6
- Pyotr Petrovitch gazed at him for some seconds with a pale face that worked with anger, then he turned, went out, and rarely has any man carried away in his heart such vindictive hatred as he felt against Raskolnikov.†
Chpt 4.2
- Better…. imagine—yes, it's certainly better—imagine that I am vain, envious, malicious, base, vindictive and…. well, perhaps with a tendency to insanity.†
Chpt 5.4
- I am broken!" she cried with vindictive despair, and her head fell heavily back on the pillow.†
Chpt 5.5
Definition:
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(vindictive) desirous of seeking revenge or wanting to hurt someone