vengeful
/'vendʤful/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Disposed to seek revenge: Having or showing a strong desire to harm someone in return for a perceived wrong or injury.
- Intended for revenge: Characterized by or stemming from a motive of vengeance.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- He was consumed by a vengeful rage after the betrayal.
- The story follows a vengeful spirit haunting those who wronged it in life.
- Her actions were not merely angry, but calculated and vengeful.
Advanced Usage
- "Vengeful wrath/anger/rage": Intense anger specifically driven by a desire for revenge.
- The dictator's fall was brought about by the vengeful wrath of the oppressed people.
- "Vengeful act/action": A deed performed with the primary purpose of retaliation.
- The bombing was a vengeful act for the earlier attack.
Variants and Related Words
- Vengefully (adverb): In a vengeful manner.
- He swore vengefully to make them pay.
- Vengefulness (noun): The quality or state of being vengeful.
- His vengefulness knew no bounds.
- Avenge (verb): To inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another).
- He sought to avenge his brother's death. (Note: This is a related but distinct verb.)
Synonyms
- Vindictive: Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
- Revengeful: Full of or given to revenge.
- Retaliatory: Characterized by a desire for retaliation.
Antonyms
- Forgiving: Ready and willing to forgive.
- Merciful: Showing or exercising mercy.
- Compassionate: Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- With a vengeful heart: Acting with deep-seated intent for revenge.
- He pursued his enemies with a vengeful heart.
- To nurse a vengeful grudge: To harbor a long-lasting desire for revenge.
- For years, she nursed a vengeful grudge against her rival.
Adjective
- disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
- more vindictive than jealous love- Shakespeare
- punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature- M.R.Cohen