revengeful

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/ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒfʊl/

adjective

Vengeful, vindictive.

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avengefulpluckcrowvengeablevengefulvengesomevindicalvindictivewreakful
RareFirst used 16th c.Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiverevengeful (comparative more revengeful, superlative most revengeful)

comparative more revengeful · superlative most revengeful

  1. Vengeful, vindictive.First known use 16th c.

    the baser mind it selfe displayes / In cancred malice and revengefull spight […].

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

    Synonyms: avengeful, pluckcrow, vengeable, vengeful, vengesome, vindical, vindictive, wreakful

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveVengeful, vindictive.

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avengefulpluckcrowvengeablevengefulvengesomevindicalvindictivewreakful

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedisposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

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vindictivevengefulunforgiving
Also see
avengefulpettyretaliatoryunforgivingvengeablevengefulvengesomevindicalvindictive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From revenge + -ful.

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revengeful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revengeful

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Chicago

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