vengeful
11vengeful — venge|ful [ˈvendʒfəl] adj literary [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: venge vengeance (16 17 centuries), from venge to avenge (13 20 centuries), from Old French venger; VENGEANCE] very eager to punish someone who has done something bad ▪ a vengeful god …
12vengeful — venge|ful [ vendʒfəl ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY wanting or trying to harm someone because they have done something bad to you: a vengeful and bitter ex lover …
13vengeful — adjective literary very eager to punish someone who has harmed you: a vengeful God vengefully adverb …
14vengeful — UK [ˈvendʒf(ə)l] / US [ˈvendʒfəl] adjective mainly literary wanting or trying to harm someone because they have done something bad to you a vengeful and bitter ex lover …
15vengeful — /ˈvɛndʒfəl/ (say venjfuhl) adjective 1. desiring or seeking vengeance, as persons; vindictive. 2. characterised by or showing a vindictive spirit: a vengeful sort of person. 3. taking or executing vengeance. –vengefully, adverb –vengefulness,… …
16Vengeful Beauty — Infobox Film name = Vengeful Beauty image size = caption = director = Meng Hua Ho producer = writer = On Sito narrator = starring = Ping Chen Hua Yueh Lieh Lo music = cinematography = editing = Hsing lung Chiang distributor = released = runtime …
17vengeful — adjective Etymology: obsolete English venge revenge Date: circa 1586 revengeful: as a. seeking to avenge b. serving to gain vengeance • vengefully adverb • vengefulness noun …
18vengeful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vindictive, rancorous (see retaliation). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. spiteful, revengeful, rancorous; see vindictive 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. vindictive, seeking revenge, revengeful,… …
19vengeful — venge·ful || vendÊ’fÊŠl adj. vindictive, desiring vengeance …
20vengeful — adjective seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury. Derivatives vengefully adverb vengefulness noun Origin C16: from obs. venge avenge (see vengeance), on the pattern of revengeful …
