vendetta
RevengeRevenge.
» It's like a vendetta now.
Meaning
3 sensesRevenge.
A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
The families had been locked in a bitter vendetta for generations.
Blutfehde, Vendetta
кро́вная местьkróvnaja mestʹ, венде́ттаvendétta, вражда́vraždá
кро́вна по́мстаkróvna pómsta, венде́таvendéta
a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other
A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.
personal vendetta
blood vendetta
Examples
3 sentencesIt's like a vendetta now.
Sami launched his vendetta on Halloween night.
She looked at me and said, "This is my vendetta".
ruОна посмотрела на меня и сказала: "Это моя вендетта."
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.
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Forms
plural: vendettas / vendetteSynonyms
1 synonyms- a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other:blood feud
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular