# vindictively

**Pronunciation:** /vɪnˈdɪktɪvli/ · vin-DIK-tiv-lee

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning

In a manner showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.

## Examples

- She vindictively deleted all the shared files before leaving the company.
- The critic vindictively attacked the author's work, focusing entirely on personal slights rather than the book's content.
- He vindictively refused to help his brother, remembering a childhood argument from twenty years ago.

## Synonyms

- spitefully — Focuses on the desire to annoy or hurt someone.
- maliciously — Implies a deeper, more harmful intent to cause damage.
- vengefully — Directly links the action to a desire for retribution.
- resentfully — Focuses on the bitter feeling behind the action.

## Antonyms

- forgivingly — Acting in a way that shows mercy or pardon.
- magnanimously — Acting with great generosity, especially toward a rival.

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