Both Uses of
vindictive
in
Bleak House
- The face of each child, as the amount of his contribution was mentioned, darkened in a peculiarly vindictive manner, but his was by far the worst.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- This tends to the discomfiture of Mr. Smallweed, who finds it so difficult to resume his object, whatever it may be, that he becomes exasperated and secretly claws the air with an impotent vindictiveness expressive of an intense desire to tear and rend the visage of Mr. George.†
Chpt 25-27
Definition:
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(vindictive) desirous of seeking revenge or wanting to hurt someone