revengefulness

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The whole Corsican character, with its stern love of justice, its furious revengefulness and wild passion for freedom, seems to be illustrated by the peculiar elements of grandeur and desolation in this landscape.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

Anger and censure prompted by sincere love are very different from the wrath, hatred and revengefulness of the world, which seeks only its own interests and is unwilling to tolerate any opposition to its pleasure.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas

Through all her extravagance, envy, and revengefulness he saw the central truth—that he had been deceived—not by his wife, but by himself!

From Clarence by Harte, Bret

Her face grew serious, however, as she recalled the concern in Grace's face at her reference to Matlock's revengefulness.

From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank

This sentence we should remember so often as we are tempted to revengefulness, under the smart of injuries from men.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.