vengeful

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A dear old friend has a steamer trunk full, namely a vengeful ex-wife, jokingly referred to as "She Who Shall Not Be Named".

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  1. adjective Desiring vengeance; vindictive.
  2. adjective Indicating or proceeding from a desire for revenge.
  3. adjective Serving to exact vengeance.

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  • Sullen and vengeful, they were pillaging and destroying as they went, and probably none of the communities through which they passed felt able to offer resistance to their depredations—until they got to Tarbes. —  Foch the Man
  • A year later, Vincent Gallo cast him as a vengeful bookie in Buffalo 66, a low-budget cult film that Gallo himself wrote, directed, scored and starred in. —  Film | guardian.co.uk
  • "I don't believe in a God that's vengeful," Fowler said. —  CNN Political Ticker
  • Bush was deceitful, vicious, inept, vengeful, and a fool. —  WordPress.com News
  • Their hatred for Bush made them feel vengeful, [and they felt] as though Obama was taking revenge on Bush in their name … For myself, I hoped that the Republican candidate would win in a landslide, because I thought it in the Arabs 'interests that the U.S. continue its idiotic policies in the world, which were leading it into crisis after crisis.
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/ˈvɛndʒfəl/
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