vengefulness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vengefulness
Noun
  • As to the media statements, Cook could not offer adequate proof of one element ― malice ― and so could not make out a prima facie case for defamation as to the media statements.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • The actress, however, bore no malice, moving to Europe until her death from a brain tumor in 2011, aged 58.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The filmmakers know exactly how to leverage Hawkins’s warm, naturalistic screen presence, using her offbeat sweetness to keep the audience guessing as to her character’s exact level of malevolence.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
  • In the room with us in Valencia, the dolls eyes’ are hypnotic, carrying a trace of malevolence.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Chloë Sevigny plays Anne, whose arrival at the family’s holiday villa on the French Riviera sets in motion a deadly cycle of jealousy and retribution.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
  • The jealousy that Angel Reese has towards her and has consistently shown makes Caitlin fans hate her.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • In spite of his ability to carry the ball forward — a point of difference from his fellow midfielders — Willock has never quite established himself as integral, at least in part because of his struggles with injury.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 June 2025
  • Persevering in spite of tragedy was a theme echoed in several speeches delivered Wednesday.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The results revealed that pla depletion decreases the virulence and increases the length of plague infections in mice.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2025
  • The diminished virulence that the pathogen evolved in response to more of its hosts dying potentially caused these earlier plague pandemics to fizzle out.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Old resentments simmer, new transgressions come to light, and the titular swimming pool plays a critical, climactic part.
    Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
  • The relationship between writer and editor is fractious, tender, and ever-changing, with resentments and gratitude sloshing back and forth like a rooftop pool during an earthquake.
    Isle McElroy, Vulture, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The symbiotic relationship between universities and the federal government, which subsidizes tuition and funds research, has created growth and innovation that is the envy of the world.
    Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 3 June 2025
  • But outside of Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders, the two MLS teams that had already qualified for the tournament finals, on Saturday, LAFC were the envy of their MLS counterparts.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • The venom also disrupts blood clotting, leading to internal bleeding and further complications.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • Brunson adapts to pressure, then punishes it — like a snake that builds immunity to its predator’s venom.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
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“Vengefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vengefulness. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.

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