| 释义 |
reˈvengefulness
[f. prec.]
The quality of being revengeful; vindictiveness.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. (1605) 131 A Tyrant also, not through suspition, greedinesse, or reuengefulnesse. a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. iv. (1640) 42 To polygamie Lamech addeth a notorious revengefullnesse. 1676Cudworth Serm. 1 John ii. 3. 56 Too many do still..harbour malice, Revengefulness and cruel hatred..in your hearts. 1841Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 24 We charge the Italians in the mass, with superstition, ignorance,..revengefulness, or dishonesty. 1889Spectator 2 Nov., Those creatures which suggest to us a shadowy anticipation of human cruelty and revengefulness. |
