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vengeable en · ADJ

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vengeable.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Vengeful.
  2. (obsolete) Prompted by or characterised by revenge; severe, cruel.
    • I sought / Vpon my selfe that vengeable despight / To punish 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

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most vengeable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more vengeable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

vengeably

Synonyms

brutal · vengeable · avengeful · vengesome · heartless · wreakful · pluckcrow · vengeful · vindictive · vengesome · vindictive · vindical · revengeful