avenged

Thân thiện

The injury was avenged by the hero's decisive action.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having had vengeance taken or inflicted: Describes a person, group, or injury for which retribution or punishment has been carried out in response to a wrong or harm suffered.

Usage

• The adjective avenged is used to describe a state resulting from an act of vengeance. It typically follows a linking verb like "was" or "is" or modifies a noun directly.
• It often implies a narrative context where a prior wrong has been addressed through retaliatory action.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The king's murder was avenged by his loyal knights. (Retribution was carried out for the king's murder.)
  • She finally felt at peace, knowing her family's honor was avenged.
  • It was an avenged wrong, but the satisfaction was empty.

Advanced Usage

• "to be avenged": This is the most common construction, indicating the state of having received vengeance.
  • The fallen hero will be avenged.
• Used in a quasi-participial form to modify nouns, emphasizing the concluded nature of the revenge.
  • He spoke of the avenged insult with cold finality.

Variants and Related Words

• Avenge (verb): To inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another).
  • He vowed to avenge his brother's death.
• Avenger (noun): A person who inflicts harm in return for a wrong.
  • She became an avenger of injustice.
• Vengeance (noun): Punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong.
  • He sought vengeance for the betrayal.

Synonyms

• Requited: (Formal) Having returned a favor or retaliated for a wrong.
• Retaliated for: (Contextual) Suggests a specific act of counter-action.

Antonyms

• Unavenged: Not having been avenged; for which no vengeance has been taken.
  • The crime remained unavenged for decades.

Related Phrases

• To die unavenged: To be killed without anyone subsequently punishing the killer.
  • The soldier feared he would die unavenged in a foreign land.
• A cause avenged: A wrong or principle that has been vindicated through retaliation.
  • They fought for the avenged cause of their ancestors.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. for which vengeance has been taken
   • an avenged injury