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desirous of seeking revenge or wanting to hurt someone
- She roused up, now, with a vindictive cast in her eye, and gave her plaited tails a shake and said she knew what SHE'D do.Chapter 18 (71% in)
- As the great day approached, all the tyranny that was in him came to the surface; he seemed to take a vindictive pleasure in punishing the least shortcomings.Chapter 21 (5% in)
There are no more uses of "vindictive" in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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