Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Full of or given to revenge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of revenge or a desire to inflict injury or pain for wrong received; harboring feelings of revenge; vindictive; resentful.
- Avenging; executing revenge; instrumental to revenge.
- Synonyms Unforgiving, implacable. See
revenge , n., and avenge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
vengeful
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
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Examples
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With their warring videos — "I'm F ... king Matt Damon" by Sarah, and "I'm F ... king Ben Affleck" by a "revengeful" Jimmy, they've shown the world that it is possible for a celebrity couple to publicly hoot it up in Hollywood.
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As far as I could understand, as I dressed myself, the house had been turned into a perfect lazaretto for the same class of fallen after dinner as myself, and among them I noticed, with a kind of revengeful joy, Gram the clerk, my hump-backed mischievous neighbour.
The Visionary Pictures From Nordland Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie 1870
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An eight-year-old boy had to pay with his life in east Delhi when his 'revengeful' aunt allegedly strangled him to teach his father a lesson for interfering in her marital life, the police said today.
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An eight-year-old boy had to pay with his life in east Delhi when his 'revengeful' aunt allegedly strangled him to teach his father a lesson for interfering in her marital life, the police said today.
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An eight-year-old boy had to pay with his life in east Delhi when his 'revengeful' aunt allegedly strangled him to teach his father a lesson for interfering in her marital life, the police said today.
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August, 1712, a law was passed "prohibiting the importation or bringing into the province any Indian servants or slaves;" [309] but it was only intended as a check upon the introduction of the Tuscaroras and other "revengeful" Indians from South Carolina. [
History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870
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She tells a riveting tale of tears and intrigue that includes veiled threats, a missing will, ransacked rooms, purloined possessions, revengeful relatives and re-established relationships.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Ageless Storyteller Nancy Ruhling 2011
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“Look at how revengeful …” all talking about the other guy.
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I faced a man with no remorse, but as I felt my revengeful hands reach for him, a student of Julia's touched my arm and gave me the strength to forgive him.
Benaue Rice Terraces Matthew A. Hamilton 2011
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The tears will turn into a sea of revengeful fire that burns everything.
North Korea warns the world: no change in policy under Kim Jong-un 2011
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