grudgeful
Nursing old slights
Full of grudges; inclined to hold resentment.
The word is rare, with *grudging* and *resentful* covering most of the same ground: a grudgeful ex-wife, grudgeful neighbors who remembered every slight.
Punishment for wrongdoing
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
vindictive · avenger · reprisal · score-settling · tit-for-tat · nemesis · comeuppance · wrath
Anxiously dwelling on something
- harboringConcealing or protecting someone
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
sullen · aggrieved · embittered · disgruntled · indignant · offended · wounded · slighted
Incapable of being pacified
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- hardheartedLacking sympathy or pity
cold · unappeasable · irreconcilable · obstinate · intransigent · unbending · relentless · pitiless
retribution
Punishment for wrongdoing
- revengePunishing a wrongdoer
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
vengeance · vindictive · avenger · reprisal · score-settling · tit-for-tat · nemesis · comeuppance · wrath · retaliatory
brooding
Anxiously dwelling on something
- harboringConcealing or protecting someone
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- festeringBecoming infected, decaying
seething · sullen · aggrieved · embittered · disgruntled · indignant · offended · wounded · slighted · wronged
implacable
Incapable of being pacified
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- mercilessShowing no clemency
hardhearted · cold · unappeasable · irreconcilable · obstinate · intransigent · unbending · relentless · pitiless · stern
malicious
Meaning to do harm
- pettyOf little importance
- mean-spiritedUnkind in a petty way
- nastyDeeply unpleasant or spiteful
catty · snide · vitriolic · venomous · cruel · acrimonious · cutting · hurtful · wounding · malevolent
grudgefulforgiving
Inclined to pardon offenses
magnanimous · merciful · pardoning · absolving · clement
grudgefulforgiving
Inclined to pardon offenses
good-natured · warm-hearted · benevolent · easygoing · big-hearted
grudgefulmagnanimous
Noble and forgiving
gracious · benevolent · charitable · big-hearted · noble
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