revengeful

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“The real evils in war,” St. Augustine once wrote, are “love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

“I think it is absolutely essential that we stay focused on how, in this transitional period, nobody loses their head, nobody goes off half-cocked, people don’t start ginning up scatterbrained or revengeful premises,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2016

"It is absolutely essential that we stay focused on how in this transitional period, nobody loses their head, nobody goes off half-cock, people don't start moving on scatter-brained or revengeful premises," Kerry added.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2016

Secretary of State John Kerry warns the other 27 European Union nations not to be revengeful toward Britain despite last week's referendum vote to leave the bloc.

From US News • Jun. 27, 2016

The thought of her mortification kept me company for a long time, but the sounds of music and laughter and Cisco Kid screams broke into my pleasant revengeful reveries.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou