vengeful en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɛnʒ.fəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From venge + -ful.
Meanings
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Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.
2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more vengeful | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most vengeful | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
unrevengeful · placable · unvengeful · conciliatory · unvindictive · forgiving
Deriveds
vengefulness · unvengeful · vengefully
Hyponyms
Relateds
Synonyms
vengeful · pluckcrow · vindictive · revengeful · avengeful · wreakful · vengeable · vindical · vengesome
Translations (52)
th พยาบาท (wanting vengeance) · ar اِنْتِقامِيّ (wanting vengeance) · sv hämndlysten (wanting vengeance) · mi whakakaitoa (wanting vengeance) · fr revanchiste (wanting vengeance) · ml പ്രതികാരദാഹിയായ (wanting vengeance) · cs mstivý (wanting vengeance) · sh осветољу̀бив (wanting vengeance) · ru мсти́тельный (wanting vengeance) · la ultor (wanting vengeance) · fr vindicatif (wanting vengeance) · sl maščevalen (wanting vengeance) · pl mściwy (wanting vengeance) · ka შურისმგებელი (wanting vengeance) · de rachsüchtig (wanting vengeance) · th อาฆาต (wanting vengeance) · fi kostonhimoinen (wanting vengeance) · la ultrīx (wanting vengeance) · gd dìoghaltach (wanting vengeance) · mi kaikiko (wanting vengeance) · nn hemngjerrig (wanting vengeance) · sk pomstivý (wanting vengeance) · cs pomstychtivý (wanting vengeance) · mk одмазднички (wanting vengeance) · be мсці́вы (wanting vengeance) · tl mapaghiganti (wanting vengeance) · pdt racheewent (wanting vengeance) · nb hevngjerrig (wanting vengeance) · da hævngerrig (wanting vengeance) · be по́мслівы (wanting vengeance) · ca venjatiu (wanting vengeance) · ar ثَأْرِيّ (wanting vengeance) · it vendicativo (wanting vengeance) · nl wraakzuchtig (wanting vengeance) · ar حَاقِد (wanting vengeance) · bg отмъсти́телен (wanting vengeance) · gl vingativo (wanting vengeance) · tr kindar (wanting vengeance) · sk pomstychtivý (wanting vengeance) · hu bosszúálló (wanting vengeance) · de rachgierig (wanting vengeance) · tr kinli (wanting vengeance) · mk осветлив (wanting vengeance) · es vengativo (wanting vengeance) · pt vingativo (wanting vengeance) · tr intikamcı (wanting vengeance) · ast vengatible (wanting vengeance) · ka შურისმაძიებელი (wanting vengeance) · uk мсти́вий (wanting vengeance) · fi kostonhaluinen (wanting vengeance) · sh osvetoljùbiv (wanting vengeance) · csb mscëwi (wanting vengeance)