Meanings
nounvendetta (plural vendettas or vendette)
plural vendettas · plural vendette
- A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
The families had been locked in a bitter vendetta for generations.
- A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.
blood vendetta
3 more examples
personal vendetta
The source added: “It appears to me a very personal vendetta that doesn’t have long term interests both for the kingdom and for the US and for intelligence cooperation in the future.”
2021 August 4, Alex Marquardt, “US intervenes to protect state secrets in Saudi Crown Prince’s vendetta against former spy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 May 2022But Trump’s pursuit of his political vendettas in a presidency increasingly revolving around personal goals, expensive legacy projects and tin-eared economic messaging is going to cause a headache for the GOP.
2026 May 18, Stephen Collinson, “Trump’s vendettas deliver, but at what cost to the GOP”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 May 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Catalan revenja, venjança
- revenjabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- venjançabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Chinese Mandarin 仇殺 /仇杀, 互相傷害 /互相伤害
- 仇殺 /仇杀 (chóushā)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- 互相傷害 /互相伤害bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- 以怨報怨 /以怨报怨bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Czech vendeta, krevní msta
- vendetabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- krevní mstabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Danish blodhævn
- blodhævnbitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Dutch vete, vendetta
- vetebitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- vendettabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- bloedwraakbitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Esperanto venĝiro
- venĝirobitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Estonian vendeta, veritasu
- vendetabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- veritasubitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Finnish verikosto
- verikostobitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
French vendetta
- vendettabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
German Blutfehde, Vendetta
- Blutfehdebitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- Vendettabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Greek βεντέτα
- βεντέτα (ventéta)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Hungarian vérbosszú
- vérbosszúbitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Icelandic blóðhefnd
- blóðhefndbitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Italian faida
- faidabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Japanese 確執, フェーデ
- 確執 (kakushitsu)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- フェーデ (fēde)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- 私怨 (shien)personal grudge
- 私恨 (shikon)personal grudge
- 私憤 (shifun)personal grudge
Norwegian Bokmål blodhevn
- blodhevnbitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Persian دشمنی خونی, کینخواهی
- دشمنی خونی (došmani-e xuni)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- کینخواهی (kin-xâhi)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Polish wendeta, wróżda
- wendetabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- wróżdabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- zemstabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Portuguese rivalidade
- rivalidadebitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Romanian vendetă
- vendetăbitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Russian кро́вная месть, венде́тта
- кро́вная месть (króvnaja mestʹ)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- венде́тта (vendétta)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- вражда́ (vraždá)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Scottish Gaelic falachd
- falachdbitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Slovak vendeta
- vendetabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Spanish vendetta, venganza de sangre
- vendettabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- venganza de sangrebitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- venganzabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Swedish vendetta, blodshämnd
- vendettabitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- blodshämndbitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Tagalog rido
- ridobitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Tamil பரம்பரைப்பகை
- பரம்பரைப்பகை (paramparaippakai)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Turkish kan davası
- kan davasıbitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Ukrainian кро́вна по́мста, венде́та
- кро́вна по́мста (króvna pómsta)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
- венде́та (vendéta)bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Vietnamese thù máu
- thù máubitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vendetta
metadebtorzetaMariettarosettaLorettaPetaHenriettaEttabettagetterfetapetterwetavetternetterQuettabruschettabettorIsletaLaurettaCaltanissettaariettaabettor
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“vendetta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vendetta. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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