| 单词 | vindictive |
| 例句 | vindictive adjective •in her memoirs she revealed that Drake had been a vindictive ex-lover:vengeful, revengeful, unforgiving, resentful, acrimonious, bitter | spiteful, mean, rancorous, venomous, malicious, malevolent, nasty, mean-spirited, cruel, unkind | informal catty. ANT forgiving.CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD vindictive, rancorous, spiteful, vengeful, venomous Someone who is motivated by a desire to get even might be described as vindictive, a word that suggests harboring grudges for imagined wrongs (•a vindictive person who had alienated friends and neighbors alike). Spiteful is a stronger term, implying a bitter or vicious vindictiveness (•a spiteful child who broke the toy she had been forced to share). Vengeful implies a strong urge to actually seek vengeance (•vengeful after losing her husband in a hit-and-run accident). Someone who is rancorous suffers from a deep-seated and lasting bitterness, although it does not imply a desire to hurt or to be vindictive (•his rancorous nature made him difficult to befriend). Venomous takes its meaning from “venom” referring to someone or something of a spiteful, malignant nature and suggesting a poisonous sting (•a critic's venomous attack on the author's first novel).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word. |
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