Meaning

1 senses
  1. Vindictive or wanting vengeance.

    His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.

    rachsüchtig, rachgierig

    мсти́тельныйmstítelʹnyj

    мсти́вийmstývyj

More definitions
  • disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Tom was vengeful.

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  2. Mary is a very vengeful person.

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  3. Bruno was vengeful and filled with rage.

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  4. He is very vengeful.

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  5. Stefan became a vengeful man.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From venge + -ful.

From venge + -ful.

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Forms

more vengeful, most vengeful
Comparativemore vengeful Lesson
Superlativemost vengeful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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