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vengeful
/ ˈɛԻʊ /
adjective
desiring revenge; vindictive
characterized by or indicating a desire for revenge
a vengeful glance
inflicting or taking revenge
with vengeful blows
Other 51Թ Forms
- vengefully adverb
- vengefulness noun
- unvengeful adjective
- ˈԲڳܱ adverb
- ˈԲڳܱԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vengeful1
Example Sentences
“He was vengeful and petty, and certainly politically popular and politically powerful,” Rivera said.
Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses.
In the world of “Final Destination,” death wants what it wants, and it is a vengeful god.
She lets them go about their vengeful business and crumbles to the floor.
In a number of recent television shows, women aren’t merely opposing threats, they are taking action against them, often in openly vengeful ways.
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When To Use
Vengeful is used to describe someone who is determined to get revenge—retaliation against or punishment of someone for some kind of harm that they caused or wrongdoing that they did (whether real or perceived).Vengeful also means inclined to seek revenge. The adjective vindictive is a close synonym. A much less commonly used synonym is revengeful.Vengeful can be used to describe people or their actions or attitude.Revenge often involves an attempt to get even by inflicting similar harm to the person who initially harmed the person seeking revenge. Revenge has several other synonyms that each have different shades of meaning, including retribution, retaliation, and reprisal. But more than these words, revenge implies that such retaliation is personal and motivated by a deep anger and perhaps an obsessive desire to get even. This is often what it means when someone is described as vengeful.Example: Being vengeful does more damage to you than to the person you are intent on destroying.
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