avenged
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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for which vengeance has been taken
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an avenged injury
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