revengefulnessn.
/rᵻˈvɛn(d)ʒf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /rəˈvɛndʒfəlnəs/, /riˈvɛndʒfəlnəs/ The quality of being vengeful or inclined to take revenge; vindictiveness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > desire for or tendency to
revenge1559
revengefulnessa1586
vindicativeness1655
vindictiveness1676
vengefulness1727
vindictivolence1865
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) ii. sig. M2 A Tyrant also, not thorow suspition, greedines, or reuengefulnes [1590 vnreuengefulnes].
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. iv. 42 To polygamie Lamech addeth a notorious revengefullnesse.
1676 R. Cudworth Serm. 1 John ii. 3. 56 Too many do still..harbour malice, Revengefulness and cruel hatred..in your hearts.
1739 W. Wishart Princ. Liberty of Conscience 27 Perplexed he was in his Spirit to see the untoward Revengefulness of that Sort of People.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) II. 230 How it came to be filled and polluted with all Manner of Evil, with Selfishness, Pride, Covetousness, abominable Lusts, Envy, Hatred, Malice, Revengefulness.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 24 We charge the Italians in the mass, with superstition, ignorance,..revengefulness, or dishonesty.
1889 Spectator 2 Nov. Those creatures which suggest to us a shadowy anticipation of human cruelty and revengefulness.
1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 117 He was full of smouldering anger and revengefulness.
1969 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 3 6 Governments feel impelled to stimulate effort by fostering antipathies and revengefulness.
1997 R. J. Rummel Power Kills vii. 105 The superheated hatred and revengefulness of majorities could drive democratic nations to war.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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