vengefulness
noun
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The robbery was committed by a vengeful former employee.
The fire was a vengeful act of destruction.
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But for me, any execution is a failure—a failure of our society to rise above its vengeful instincts.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Set in Mexico between the 1870s and the 1920s, the magic realism epic revolves around the history of a remote town called Comala, the life of which has been destroyed by vengeful local feudal lord Pedro Páramo.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
The season introduces big stars in new roles, including Kaitlyn Dever as vengeful antagonist Abby and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac, the militia general, but fails to develop them over the episodes beyond a few cursory scenes.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Chamberlain then landed high-profile telefilm work in the U.S., portraying Scott Fitzgerald in ABC’s F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘The Last of the Belles’ in 1974; the vengeful Edmond Dantes in NBC’s The Count of Monte Cristo in 1975; and Phillipe/Louis in NBC’s The Man in the Iron Maskin 1977.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Set in Mexico between the 1870s and the 1920s, the magic realism epic revolves around the history of a remote town called Comala, the life of which has been destroyed by vengeful local feudal lord Pedro Páramo.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
The season introduces big stars in new roles, including Kaitlyn Dever as vengeful antagonist Abby and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac, the militia general, but fails to develop them over the episodes beyond a few cursory scenes.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Chamberlain then landed high-profile telefilm work in the U.S., portraying Scott Fitzgerald in ABC’s F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘The Last of the Belles’ in 1974; the vengeful Edmond Dantes in NBC’s The Count of Monte Cristo in 1975; and Phillipe/Louis in NBC’s The Man in the Iron Maskin 1977.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Vengeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vengeful. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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