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1. : with great force or vehemence. undertook reform with a vengeance. 2. : to an extreme or excessive degree. the tourists are back—with a vengeance. Synonyms. payback. reprisal. requital. retaliation. retribution. revenge. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of vengeance in a Sentence.
noun. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance? Synonyms: retaliation, requital. Antonyms: forgiveness. an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance. the desire for revenge:
noun [ U ] us / ˈven·dʒəns / Add to word list. action against someone to punish that person for having hurt you: She cried out for vengeance. (Definition of vengeance from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of vengeance. vengeance.
noun [ U ] us / ˈven.dʒ ə ns / uk / ˈven.dʒ ə ns /. Add to word list. Add to word list. the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or the wish for such punishment to happen: The story features a woman who is evicted from her home and is seeking vengeance.
vengeance. noun. /ˈvendʒəns/. /ˈvendʒəns/. [uncountable] (formal) Idioms. the act of punishing or harming somebody in return for what they have done to you, your family or friends synonym revenge. a desire for vengeance. vengeance on/upon somebody to take vengeance on somebody.
the act of doing something bad to someone who has done something bad to you, or the feeling of wanting to do this: an act of vengeance. with a vengeance. If something happens with a vengeance, it happens a lot or in a very strong way: The disease swept across the country with a vengeance.
noun. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life. “ Vengeance is mine” “"For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield” “he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him” synonyms: payback, retribution.