dic-, dict-
(Latin: talk, speak, say, tell, declare; to proclaim; to indicate)
vindictive, more vindictive, most vindictive (adjective forms)
1. Looking for revenge or done with a desire for revenge.
2. Spiteful feeling, showing, or done with a desire to hurt someone.
3. In law, used to describe damages awarded by a court that are set higher than the amount necessary to compensate the victim, in order to punish the defendant.
2. Spiteful feeling, showing, or done with a desire to hurt someone.
3. In law, used to describe damages awarded by a court that are set higher than the amount necessary to compensate the victim, in order to punish the defendant.
vindictively (adverb)
In a revengeful manner: "He plotted vindictively against his former employers."
vindictiveness (s) (noun)
1. A malevolent desire for revenge.
2. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful.
3. Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt an individual or individuals; to be spiteful.
2. Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful.
3. Marked by or resulting from a desire to hurt an individual or individuals; to be spiteful.
vindictivolence (s) (noun)
The desire to revenge oneself or of taking vengeance.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
locu-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
-ology;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phon-;
phras-;
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serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
