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  • 11revenge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. &v. See retaliation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of returning an injury] Syn. vengeance, requital, reprisal, getting even, measure for measure, an eye for an eye, blow for blow, tit for tat,… …

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  • 12spite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. malice, ill will, grudge, malignity, malevolence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. umbrage, malice, malignity, resentment, ill will, hatred, contempt, harsh feeling, grudge, antipathy, enmity, animosity,… …

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  • 13bitchiness — noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty • Syn: ↑cattiness, ↑spite, ↑spitefulness, ↑nastiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑nasty (for: ↑nastiness), ↑ …

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  • 14cattiness — noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty • Syn: ↑bitchiness, ↑spite, ↑spitefulness, ↑nastiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑nasty (for: ↑nastiness), ↑ …

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  • 15malevolence — noun 1. wishing evil to others • Syn: ↑malignity • Ant: ↑benevolence • Derivationally related forms: ↑malevolent • Hypernyms: ↑hate, ↑hatred …

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  • 16maliciousness — noun feeling a need to see others suffer • Syn: ↑malice, ↑spite, ↑spitefulness, ↑venom • Derivationally related forms: ↑venomous (for: ↑venom), ↑spitef …

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  • 17nastiness — noun 1. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty • Syn: ↑cattiness, ↑bitchiness, ↑spite, ↑spitefulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑nasty, ↑spiteful (for: ↑ …

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  • 18Inveteracy — In*vet er*a*cy, n. [From {Inveterate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; usually in a bad sense; …

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  • 19spiteful — adjective Date: 15th century filled with or showing spite ; malicious • spitefully adverb • spitefulness noun …

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  • 20Beat Generation — The Beat Generation is a term used to describe both a group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the cultural phenomena that they wrote about and inspired (later sometimes called beatniks ): a… …

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