Dictionary

vendetta en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /vɛnˈdɛtə/
• (Southern-England) audio
• [vɛnˈdɛɾə] (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

Meanings

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.
3. A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.
   • But Trump’s pursuit of his political vendettas in a presidency increasingly revolving around personal goals, expensive legacy projects and tin-eared economic messaging is going to cause a headache for the GOP. 2026 May 18, Stephen Collinson, “Trump’s vendettas deliver, but at what cost to the GOP”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 May 2026:
   • blood vendetta
   • personal vendetta
   • The source added: “It appears to me a very personal vendetta that doesn’t have long term interests both for the kingdom and for the US and for intelligence cooperation in the future.” 2021 August 4, Alex Marquardt, “US intervenes to protect state secrets in Saudi Crown Prince’s vendetta against former spy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 May 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

vendettist

Translations (72)

ru венде́тта (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · de Blutfehde (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · pl wendeta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · co vindetta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · uk кро́вна по́мста (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · is blóðhefnd (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ce чӏир (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ja 私恨 (personal grudge) · nl vete (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · cmn 互相傷害 /互相伤害 (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ka სისხლის აღება (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · kmr xûndarî (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · sv vendetta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · vec vendéta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · kmr xwîndarî (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ja フェーデ (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · hy արյան վրիժառություն (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · kmr xîndarî (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · cmn 仇殺 /仇杀 (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ta பரம்பரைப்பகை (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · vi thù máu (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ru кро́вная месть (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · kn ಕಡುಹಗೆತನ (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · fa کینخواهی (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · da blodhævn (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ru вражда́ (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · it faida (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · es venganza de sangre (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · de Vendetta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · uk венде́та (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · fr vendetta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · hu vérbosszú (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · pl zemsta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ca revenja (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · fi verikosto (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · es venganza (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · eo venĝiro (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · tr kan davası (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · sk vendeta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ja 私憤 (personal grudge) · pl wróżda (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · fa دشمنی خونی (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · gd falachd (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · nl bloedwraak (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · el βεντέτα (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · co vendetta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · et vendeta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · tl rido (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ro vendetă (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · sv blodshämnd (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · io vendetta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ja 私怨 (personal grudge) · es vendetta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · kmr vendeta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ka ვენდეტა (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · nog карым (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · nl vendetta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · cs krevní msta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · hy վենդետա (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ca venjança (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ja 確執 (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · nb blodhevn (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · kn ಮನೆತನದ ಹಗೆತನ (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · kmr xwêndarî (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · sq gjakmarrje (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · et veritasu (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · cmn 以怨報怨 /以怨报怨 (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · ml ബന്ധുഹത്യാപ്രതികാരം (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · sh vendeta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · os тугфидынад (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · cs vendeta (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged) · pt rivalidade (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged)