vengeance

ven·geance  (vnjns)

n.

Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution.

Idiom:

with a vengeance

1. With great violence or force.

2. To an extreme degree: December has turned cold with a vengeance.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from vengier, to avenge, from Latin vindicre; see vindicate.]

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vengeance [ˈvɛndʒəns]

n

1. the act of or desire for taking revenge; retributive punishment

with a vengeance (intensifier) the 70's have returned with a vengeance

[from Old French, from venger to avenge, from Latin vindicāre to punish; see vindicate]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

vengeance - the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution" payback, retribution retaliation, revenge - action taken in return for an injury or offense

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vengeance

noun revenge, retaliation, reprisal, retribution, avenging, an eye for an eye, settling of scores, requital, lex talionis She wanted vengeance for the loss of her daughter.
revenge pardon, forgiveness, absolution, mercy, acquittal, remission, forbearance, exoneration

with a vengeance to the utmost, greatly, extremely, to the full, and no mistake, to the nth degree, with no holds barred The problem has returned with a vengeance.

Quotations
"Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" Bible: Romans

Translations

vengeance [ˈvendʒəns] N → venganza f
to take vengeance on sb → vengarse de algn
it started raining with a vengeance → empezó a llover de verdad, empezó a llover de lo lindo

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vengeance [ˈvɛndʒ^əns] n

(= revenge) → vengeance f
I want vengeance for the deaths of my parents → Je demande vengeance pour la mort de mes parents.

with a vengeance (= to a greater degree) → avec une ardeur redoublée

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vengeance

n

→ Vergeltung f, → Rache f; to take vengeance (up)on somebody → Vergeltung an jdm üben

(inf) with a vengeance → gewaltig (inf); then the brass section comes in with a vengeance → dann kommt der kraftvolle or gewaltige Einsatz der Bläser; to work with a vengeance → hart or mächtig (inf) → arbeiten

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vengeance [ˈvɛndʒ/əns] n → vendetta
to take vengeance on sb → vendicarsi su qn
with a vengeance (fig) → a più non posso

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vengeance [ˈvɛndʒ/əns] n → vendetta
to take vengeance on sb → vendicarsi su qn
with a vengeance (fig) → a più non posso

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vengeance

n vengeance [ˈvendʒəns]

harm done in return for injury received; revenge. wraak إنْتِقام мъст pomsta hævn die Rache εκδίκηση venganza kättemaks انتقام kosto vengeance נְקָמָה प्रतिहिंसा osveta bosszú pembalasan hefnd vendetta 復讐 복수, 원수 kerštas atriebība balas dendam wraak hevn zemsta vingança răzbu­nare месть pomsta maščevanje osveta hämnd การแก้แค้น intikam, öç 報仇, 報復 помста انتقام sự báo thù 报仇, 复仇