vindictiveness

vindictive | American Dictionary

vindictive
adjective
us/vɪnˈdɪk·tɪv/
having or showing a desire to harm someone because you think that the person has harmed you; unwilling to forgive:
She was immature, spiteful, even vindictive at times.

Examples of vindictive

vindictive
Although there would be sufficient hardships and dangers and problems to give spice to life, there would be no utterly destructive and apparently vindictive evil.
He was known to be tough and unrelenting, and he could be ruthless and vindictive.
However, the intervention was not presented as a vindictive war.
One may feel vindictive towards or sorry for the other player.
They are very unapproachable, jealous of their rights, and extremely vindictive.
It was not beyond a father to be vindictive towards a daughter he regarded with disfavour.
These denunciations were supplemented with attacks of a more vindictive nature embedded throughout the text.
In another, it embodies all that is selfish, vindictive, and anti-social within human communities, epitomizing treachery and disharmony in societies that strive for unity and neighbourliness.
All these long-term benefits that become likely with a reputation of being vindictive may eventually compensate for the costs of punishment and may lead to a net benefit.
These latter are a very unapproachable and vindictive tribe, and their country is anything but subdued, although recent expeditions have done much to open it up.
They are having vindictive motives.
Another untruth is the use of the word "vindictive".
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