- revengeful
- adjective Date: 1570 full of or prone to revenge ; determined to get even • revengefully adverb • revengefulness noun
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Revengeful — Re*venge ful, a. Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge. [1913 Webster] If thy revengeful heart can not forgive. Shak. [1913 Webster] May my hands . . . Never brandish more revengeful steel. Shak. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
revengeful — index malevolent, malignant, resentful, ruthless, spiteful, vindictive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
revengeful — 1580s; see REVENGE (Cf. revenge) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Revengefully … Etymology dictionary
revengeful — *vindictive, vengeful Analogous words: implacable, relentless, unrelenting, merciless, *grim: inexorable, obdurate, adamant, *inflexible … New Dictionary of Synonyms
revengeful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ eager for revenge … English terms dictionary
revengeful — [ri venj′fəl] adj. full of revenge; feeling or showing a desire for revenge SYN. VINDICTIVE revengefully adv. revengefulness n … English World dictionary
revengeful — revengefully, adv. revengefulness, n. /ri venj feuhl/, adj. determined to have revenge; vindictive. [1580 90; REVENGE + FUL] Syn. malevolent, malicious, malignant. See spiteful. Ant. forgiving. * * * … Universalium
revengeful — adjective vengeful … Wiktionary
revengeful — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vindictive, spiteful, malevolent, hateful; see cruel 1 , vindictive . See Synonym Study at vindictive . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Disposed to seek revenge: spiteful, vengeful, vindictive. See FORGIVENESS … English dictionary for students
revengeful — re venge·ful || rɪ vendÊ’fÊŠl adj. desiring revenge, seeking vengeance, vindictive, retaliative … English contemporary dictionary
