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vindictivenesses

vindictivenesses is the plural of vindictiveness.

Meaning of vindictiveness

Noun

vindictiveness (usually uncountable, plural vindictivenesses)

  1. (usually) The condition of being vindictive; a malevolent desire for revenge.
    • Lord Avonleigh was an angry rather than a vindictive man. Vindictiveness requires more energy of character than he possessed. Indeed, it may be questioned whether he would of himself have taken the violent measures of the preceding evening.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 326
    Synonyms:
    vindictivity

Questions about vindictivenesses

What is vindictivenesses the plural of?
Vindictivenesses is the plural of vindictiveness.

Words near vindictivenesses in the dictionary

  1. vindices
  2. vindictive
  3. vindictive protectiveness
  4. vindictively
  5. vindictiveness
  6. vindictivenesses
  7. vindictivity
  8. vindictivolence
  9. Vindiola
  10. Vindiolas
  11. Vindman

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