Meaning

3 senses
  1. Revenge.

  2. 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

  3. 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 sentences
  1. It's like a vendetta now.

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  2. Sami launched his vendetta on Halloween night.

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  3. She looked at me and said, "This is my vendetta".

    ruОна посмотрела на меня и сказала: "Это моя вендетта."

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged:
Русский
By meaning 1
bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged:

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 / vendette
Singularvendetta
Pluralvendettas / vendette

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other:blood feud

Word family

1 related words
Derivedvendettist

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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