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VENGEFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vengefulness mean?
• VENGEFULNESS (noun)
The noun VENGEFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. a malevolent desire for revenge
Familiarity information: VENGEFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A malevolent desire for revenge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
vengefulness; vindictiveness
Hypernyms ("vengefulness" is a kind of...):
malevolence; malignity (wishing evil to others)
Derivation:
vengeful (disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge)
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