vindictive

1. 1.

   disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

   “more vindictive than jealous love”

   “punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature”

   Synonymsrevengefulvengeful

   Similarunforgiving
2. 2.

   showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite

   “a despiteful fiend”

   “a truly spiteful child”

   “a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment”

   Synonymsdespitefulspiteful

   Similarmalicious

Questions about vindictive

What does vindictive mean?

vindictive means "disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vindictive?

vindictive has 3 syllables: vin-dic-tive. The stress falls on "dic". In IPA it is /vɪnˈdɪktɪv/.

What is another word for vindictive?

Close synonyms include revengeful, vengeful, despiteful, spiteful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vindictive a common word?

vindictive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with vindictive?

2 words rhyme with vindictive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.