vengefully
Definition
Adverb: - In a manner showing a strong desire for revenge; with a vindictive spirit: The word describes acting with the intent to inflict harm or punishment in return for a perceived wrong or injury.
Usage and Examples
The adverb "vengefully" modifies a verb to describe how an action is performed—specifically, with a desire for vengeance. - She glared vengefully at the person who had betrayed her. - After the unfair defeat, the team vowed vengefully to win the rematch. - He spoke vengefully about his rivals, promising to ruin their plans.
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe a sustained attitude or plan: Can describe a state of mind or a prolonged course of action driven by revenge.
- He waited vengefully for years for the right moment to expose the truth.
- Often implies a degree of malice or spite: The word frequently carries a negative connotation, suggesting the revenge is excessive or unjust.
- The critic wrote vengefully about the author's new book, clearly motivated by a past disagreement.
Variants and Related Words
- Vengeful (adjective): Filled with or characterized by a desire for revenge.
- She had a vengeful nature.
- Vengeance (noun): Punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong.
- He sought vengeance for the insult.
- Avenge (verb): To inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another).
- He wanted to avenge his brother's death.
Synonyms
- Vindictively: With a revengeful motive.
- Revengefully: In a manner seeking retaliation.
- Spitefully: With a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend.
Antonyms
- Forgivingly: In a manner willing to forgive.
- Mercifully: In a compassionate, lenient manner.
- Magnanimously: In a generous or noble-spirited way, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- With a vengeance: With great force or intensity; to a much greater degree than expected. (Note: This idiom is related but distinct, emphasizing intensity rather than the motive of revenge).
- The rain came back with a vengeance.
- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned: A proverb suggesting that a woman's anger, when provoked by betrayal, is the most intense. This concept is closely associated with vengeful feelings.
Adverb
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in a vindictive, revengeful manner
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he plotted vindictively against his former superiors
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