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# vindictive

«vindictive» in Mova's school dictionary: **wanting to get back at someone and hurt them for a wrong…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Vindictive means wanting to get back at someone and hurt them for a wrong done to you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vindictive/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a vindictive character plots revenge on those who hurt them

### examples

- The vindictive witch cursed the prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vindictive/#x1)
- Her father spoke with a vindictive smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vindictive/#x2)
- Don't be vindictive; forgive him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vindictive/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vindictive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vindictive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.