vengefully

Thân thiện

He spoke vengefully about his rival.

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.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a vindictive, revengeful manner
   • he plotted vindictively against his former superiors

Từ đồng nghĩa

• revengefully
• vindictively