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vengeful

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venge·ful  (vnjfl)
adj.
1. Desiring vengeance; vindictive.
2. Indicating or proceeding from a desire for revenge.
3. Serving to exact vengeance.
vengeful·ly adv.
vengeful·ness n.
vengeful
Adjective
wanting revenge
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.vengefulvengeful - disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; "more vindictive than jealous love"- Shakespeare; "punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature"- M.R.Cohen
revengeful, vindictive
unforgiving - unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy; "a surly unforgiving old woman"
vengeful
adjective unforgiving, relentless, avenging, vindictive, punitive, implacable, spiteful, retaliatory, rancorous, thirsting for revenge, revengeful
Translations
vengeful [ˈvɛndʒful] adj → vengativo
vengeful [ˈvɛndʒful] adj → vengeur/geresse
vengeful [ˈvɛndʒful] vengeance adj → rachsüchtig
vengeful [ˈvɛndʒful] adj → vendicativo/a


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Desecrated as the body is, a vengeful ghost survives and hovers over it to scare.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
They hurried forward more fierce and vengeful than ever.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
These temporary apprehensions, so vague but so awful, derived a wondrous potency from the contrasting serenity of the weather, in which, beneath all its blue blandness, some thought there lurked a devilish charm, as for days and days we voyaged along, through seas so wearily, lonesomely mild, that all space, in repugnance to our vengeful errand, seemed vacating itself of life before our urn-like prow.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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