Sympathetic
Sympathetic adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.
Vindictive is an antonym for sympathetic.
Vindictive
Vindictive adjective - Likely to seek revenge.
Usage example: be careful not to annoy the vindictive old woman who lives down the street
Nearby Word: vindictively
Both words in one sentence
- Series 2, episode 5 of Life on Mars has a scene told from a vindictive and sympathetic point of view.
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Lucifer's niece Cassiel (who, while not a fallen angel, is still distinctly petty and vindictive) is the resident Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain in Misfile.
Source: Satan -
The Torchwood episode "Fragments" depicted the usually sympathetic Doctor Who Men In Black organisation UNIT as a vindictive group of sadists who "disappear" people on little provocation and keep them in Hellhole Prisons forever.
Source: Ron the Death Eater
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