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vindictiveness

vin dik tiv nuhs

  • n  a malevolent desire for revenge

  • Author Williams is talking about the failure of human responsibility not through vindictiveness but through indifference.
  • For Sharif and Bhutto's widower Asif Zardari, leaders of the two mainstream parties, this means avoiding a return to the vindictiveness and squabbling that characterized relations .
  • I'm not a big fan of post-election vindictiveness.
Quotes

  • Edward Kennedy in USA Today
    These charges, if true, represent a new low in the already sordid case of partisan interests being placed above national security,Kennedy said. "The vice president's vindictiveness in defending the misguided war in Iraq is obvious. If he...
  • Dick DeGuerin in KHOU
    The offenses, if they occurred, they occurred three years ago,DeGuerin said. "And they do it on a day he's scheduled to get out of jail. Now you take it from there. If that's not vindictiveness, if that's not malicious, then I'll eat my...
  • Mark Funkhouser in Kansas City Star
    Funkhouser said his and Squitiro's recent depositions made "a clear case that this lawsuit was about vindictiveness and political opportunism."

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