revengefuladj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈvɛn(d)ʒf(ᵿ)l/, U.S.

/rəˈvɛndʒf(ə)l/,

/riˈvɛndʒf(ə)l/

Forms: see revenge n. and -ful suffix; also 1600s–1700s revengful.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revenge n., -ful suffix.

Etymology: < revenge n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier revengeable adj., and compare also vengeful adj., avengeful adj.

Characterized by a desire for revenge; vengeful, vindictive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > inclined to or eager for revenge

wrechefulc1290

wrakefula1300

vengeablec1380

revengeablea1522

vindicative1521

wreakful1531

vengible1548

revengeful?1560

avengeful1591

vengefula1599

vindictive1616

vindicable1632

?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. N.ij ^v The tyrant..yet holdeth depe emprinted a reuengefull hatred to be poured out when power and oportunitie shall serue him.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Gg3^v Her words were choakt vp with the rising of her reuengefull hart.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 49 If I do not, may my hands rot off, And neuer brandish more reuengefull steele.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 109 You know his Nature, That he's Reuengefull.

1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) iii. 45 These Lascivious or Revengefull speeches.

1702 W. Penn More Fruits of Solitude §177. 63 Of what Benefit is it to say our Prayers regularly, go to Church..yet Lye..be Drunk..Revengeful, Vain and Idle at the same Time?

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 276 The revengeful Traytor amply discovered who were Ring-Leaders of the Plot.

1771 in Ann. Reg. (1772) 196/1 I hope my countrymen will not think me a man of revengeful disposition.

1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 28 Sept. 102 By..the downcast look of dark and revengeful Resolve.

1854 T. B. Macaulay Atterbury in Encycl. Brit. IV. 189/2 No creature is so revengeful as a proud man who has humbled himself in vain.

1884 Truth 13 Mar. 377/2 Having borrowed money from a revengeful clerk on a forged bill.

1925 Amer. Mercury July 358/1 The American boss is painted as a cunning, brutal, revengeful and underhanded person.

1950 W. O. Douglas Of Men & Mountains iv. 43 Tyhee, the Spirit Chief of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest, was a revengeful not a beneficent deity.

1999 Daily Tel. 1 Jan. 21/3 When the bereaved and injured protest, they are called vindictive and revengeful.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	revengeful
释义	revengefuladj. Brit. /rᵻˈvɛn(d)ʒf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /rəˈvɛndʒf(ə)l/, /riˈvɛndʒf(ə)l/ Forms: see revenge n. and -ful suffix; also 1600s–1700s revengful. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revenge n., -ful suffix. Etymology: < revenge n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier revengeable adj., and compare also vengeful adj., avengeful adj. Characterized by a desire for revenge; vengeful, vindictive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > inclined to or eager for revenge wrechefulc1290 wrakefula1300 vengeablec1380 revengeablea1522 vindicative1521 wreakful1531 vengible1548 revengeful?1560 avengeful1591 vengefula1599 vindictive1616 vindicable1632 ?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. N.ij ^v The tyrant..yet holdeth depe emprinted a reuengefull hatred to be poured out when power and oportunitie shall serue him. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Gg3^v Her words were choakt vp with the rising of her reuengefull hart. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 49 If I do not, may my hands rot off, And neuer brandish more reuengefull steele. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII i. i. 109 You know his Nature, That he's Reuengefull. View more context for this quotation 1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) iii. 45 These Lascivious or Revengefull speeches. 1702 W. Penn More Fruits of Solitude §177. 63 Of what Benefit is it to say our Prayers regularly, go to Church..yet Lye..be Drunk..Revengeful, Vain and Idle at the same Time? 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 276 The revengeful Traytor amply discovered who were Ring-Leaders of the Plot. 1771 in Ann. Reg. (1772) 196/1 I hope my countrymen will not think me a man of revengeful disposition. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 28 Sept. 102 By..the downcast look of dark and revengeful Resolve. 1854 T. B. Macaulay Atterbury in Encycl. Brit. IV. 189/2 No creature is so revengeful as a proud man who has humbled himself in vain. 1884 Truth 13 Mar. 377/2 Having borrowed money from a revengeful clerk on a forged bill. 1925 Amer. Mercury July 358/1 The American boss is painted as a cunning, brutal, revengeful and underhanded person. 1950 W. O. Douglas Of Men & Mountains iv. 43 Tyhee, the Spirit Chief of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest, was a revengeful not a beneficent deity. 1999 Daily Tel. 1 Jan. 21/3 When the bereaved and injured protest, they are called vindictive and revengeful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1560
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