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1. : blood feud. 2. : an often prolonged series of retaliatory, vengeful, or hostile acts or exchange of such acts. waged a personal vendetta against those who opposed his nomination. Did you know? Vendetta has been getting even in English since the 19th century, when it first was used to refer to feuds between different clans or families.
VENDETTA definition: 1. a long and violent argument between people or families, in which one group tries to harm the…. Learn more.
Add to word list. a long and violent argument between people or families, in which one group tries to harm the other in order to punish them for things that happened in the past: He saw himself as the victim of a personal vendetta being waged by his political enemies. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Vendetta definition: a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives, especially such vengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy.. See examples of VENDETTA used in a sentence.
A vendetta is blood feud, a quest for revenge. A vendetta might separate families for generations, with members of one family murdering those of the other, all to satisfy an ancient grudge.
Definition of vendetta noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun [ C ] uk / venˈdetə / us. Add to word list. If someone has a vendetta against you, they try to do something bad to you over a period of time because they have been treated badly by you: He had a vendetta against the company after he lost his job. (Definition of vendetta from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
