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   Venge·ful

   /ˈvenjfəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury: "a vengeful ex-con"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from obsolete venge ‘avenge’ (see vengeance), on the pattern of revengeful.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vengefully adverb
   • 2. vengefulness noun

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   What does vengeful mean?

   • Definition of vengeful adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary showing a desire to punish somebody who has harmed you He was not a vengeful man. What had he done to make Jane so vengeful and bitter? late 16th cent.: from obsolete venge ‘avenge’ (from Old French venger ‘avenge’), on the pattern of revengeful.

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   Where did the word vengeful come from?

   • The first records of the word vengeful come from the late 1500s. It originated as a shortened form of revengeful, whose base word, revenge, comes from the Old French revenger, from the Late Latin revindicāre, from the Latin verb vindicāre, meaning “to protect,” “to avenge,” or “to punish.”

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   How do you describe a vengeful person?

   • If you describe someone as vengeful, you are critical of them because they feel a great desire for revenge. [disapproval] [...] • unforgiving, relentless, avenging, vindictive [...] These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins. Read more

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   What is a vengeful attitude?

   • vindictive: a vengeful attitude. characterized by or showing a vindictive spirit: vengeful intentions. serving to inflict vengeance: a vengeful killing. venge′ful•ness, n.

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