vengeful
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vengeful
- /ˈvɛnʒ.fəl/
Where it comes from
From venge + -ful.
adjective more vengeful · most vengeful
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Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.
Similar: avengeful, pluckcrow, revengeful, vengeable, vengeful, vengesome, vindical, vindictive, wreakful
Opposite: conciliatory, forgiving, placable, unrevengeful, unvengeful, unvindictive
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: revengeful, vindictive, unforgiving, reprisal, retaliatory, tit-for-tat, resentful, vindicative, ravening, inveterate, rapacious, covetous, bloodthirsty, rancorous, jealous, vituperatory
adjective
Opposite: conciliatory, forgiving, placable, unrevengeful, unvengeful, unvindictive
Translations
Every language
adj wanting vengeance
| Español | vengativo |
|---|---|
| Português | vingativo |
| Français | vindicatif, revanchiste |
| Deutsch | rachsüchtig, rachgierig |
| Italiano | vendicativo |
| Русский | мсти́тельный mstítelʹnyj |
| العربية | اِنْتِقامِيّ intiqāmiyy, ثَأْرِيّ ṯaʔriyy, حَاقِد ḥāqid |
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