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Definition of vengeful in English: vengefuladjective ˈvɛn(d)ʒfʊlˈvɛn(d)ʒf(ə)lˈvɛndʒfəl Seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury. Example sentencesExamples - But the two must avoid the vengeful pimp Guido and keep their customers happy.
- It is undoubtedly a good thing that we are neither cruel nor vengeful.
- Holly Hunter makes her British stage debut, playing a vengeful woman returning to rural Ireland.
- It seemed personal, even vengeful, the way these things rushed up at you.
- Lynch wrote a notoriously vengeful poem, full of vicious curses, a story he tells against himself in shamefaced penance.
- The plot line about the vengeful Temple merchants seeking Jesus' death has been removed.
- Perversely, such words of steel were meant to calm the American people, not whip them into a vengeful fervour.
- Terms like goddess, Kali and destroyer mingle freely in reinforcing this cult of vengeful violence.
- This is a tempting tactic, for it holds out the promise of vengeful satisfaction.
- Speaking of vengeful robot rock, you need to go see Captured by Robots!
- The threat of this they are likely to have weighed up against the long term implications of a fractured and vengeful middle east.
- As a species, we're too territorial, short-tempered and vengeful for traffic to flow.
- The spectre of Thomas's brutal occupation is always there to hint that he could use his skills for vengeful justice.
- It is well known that vengeful ex-cons have hunted down the cops who busted them.
- Is it wrong that I find myself wanting to kill a monkey out of vengeful jealousy?
- This is a crusade in the service of the divinity of capital, a vengeful, jealous god before which no other god may stand.
- But the more seriously the sovereignty of Whitehall is challenged, the more vengeful the state becomes.
- The vengeful tackle on Haaland 16 months ago during a Manchester derby was as bad as they come, the sort that ends careers.
- That letter is a vengeful, malicious lie, and I have the emails to prove it.
- It's been around forever, and, frankly, the same complaint could apply to virtually all vengeful ghost stories.
Synonyms vindictive, revengeful, out for revenge, avenging, unforgiving, resentful, grudge-bearing, bitter, acrimonious literary malefic, maleficent
Origin Late 16th century: from obsolete venge 'avenge' (see vengeance), on the pattern of revengeful. Definition of vengeful in US English: vengefuladjectiveˈvenjfəlˈvɛndʒfəl Seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury. Example sentencesExamples - This is a tempting tactic, for it holds out the promise of vengeful satisfaction.
- Perversely, such words of steel were meant to calm the American people, not whip them into a vengeful fervour.
- As a species, we're too territorial, short-tempered and vengeful for traffic to flow.
- But the two must avoid the vengeful pimp Guido and keep their customers happy.
- It's been around forever, and, frankly, the same complaint could apply to virtually all vengeful ghost stories.
- It seemed personal, even vengeful, the way these things rushed up at you.
- But the more seriously the sovereignty of Whitehall is challenged, the more vengeful the state becomes.
- The threat of this they are likely to have weighed up against the long term implications of a fractured and vengeful middle east.
- Is it wrong that I find myself wanting to kill a monkey out of vengeful jealousy?
- It is undoubtedly a good thing that we are neither cruel nor vengeful.
- It is well known that vengeful ex-cons have hunted down the cops who busted them.
- The vengeful tackle on Haaland 16 months ago during a Manchester derby was as bad as they come, the sort that ends careers.
- Terms like goddess, Kali and destroyer mingle freely in reinforcing this cult of vengeful violence.
- Holly Hunter makes her British stage debut, playing a vengeful woman returning to rural Ireland.
- The spectre of Thomas's brutal occupation is always there to hint that he could use his skills for vengeful justice.
- This is a crusade in the service of the divinity of capital, a vengeful, jealous god before which no other god may stand.
- Speaking of vengeful robot rock, you need to go see Captured by Robots!
- Lynch wrote a notoriously vengeful poem, full of vicious curses, a story he tells against himself in shamefaced penance.
- The plot line about the vengeful Temple merchants seeking Jesus' death has been removed.
- That letter is a vengeful, malicious lie, and I have the emails to prove it.
Synonyms vindictive, revengeful, out for revenge, avenging, unforgiving, resentful, grudge-bearing, bitter, acrimonious
Origin Late 16th century: from obsolete venge ‘avenge’ (see vengeance), on the pattern of revengeful. |