Both Uses of
vindictive
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- That Krupp's-private-shim fantasy gratified me for a while, but then it wore off and I saw it was just being vindictive.†
Part 1 *
- Neither of these advisers was by nature vindictive and Phaedrus felt what they said was true.†
Part 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(vindictive) desirous of seeking revenge or wanting to hurt someone
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Legal term: In some states, vindictive damages is synonymous with punitive damages.