Meanings
comparative more unavenged · superlative most unavenged
- Not avenged.
The belief that unavenged human blood cries aloud from the ground
1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 1021 more example
No wonder Miss Howard had suggested “hushing it up.” Now I understood that unfinished sentence of hers: “Emily herself——” And in my heart I agreed with her. Would not Mrs. Inglethorp have preferred to go unavenged rather than have such terrible dishonour fall upon the name of Cavendish.
1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 129
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefor which vengeance has not been taken
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishavenged
- Englishunavenged
Translations
Ancient Greek νήποινος
- νήποινος (nḗpoinos)not avenged
French impuni, invengé
- impuninot avenged
- invengénot avenged
Latin inultus
- inultusnot avenged
Spanish inulto, no vengado
- inultonot avenged
- no vengadonot avenged
Cite this entry
unavenged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unavenged
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