vindictive /vin-dikˈtiv/

1. Revengeful or spiteful
2. Pursuing revenge
3. Punitive (as in vindictive damages)
4. Retributive (as in vindictive justice)

vindicˈtively adverb

• shortest
• shortfall
• shortfalls
• short for
• short fuse
• short fuses
• short game
• short games
• shortgown
• shortgowns
• shorthand
• short-handed
• shorthands
• short-haul
• short head
• short-head
• short-headed
• short-heading
• short-heads
• shorthold
• shorthorn
• shorthorns
• short hundredweight
• shortie
• shorties