vengeable

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adjective

Vengeful.

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OriginAnglo-Norman vengeable →
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Meanings

adjectivevengeable (comparative more vengeable, superlative most vengeable)

comparative more vengeable · superlative most vengeable

  1. obsoleteVengeful.

    Synonyms: vengesome, vindictive, avengeful, pluckcrow, revengeful, vengeful, vengesome, vindical

  2. obsoletePrompted by or characterised by revenge; severe, cruel.

    I sought / Vpon my selfe that vengeable despight / To punish

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

    Synonyms: brutal, heartless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveVengeful.

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vengesomevindictiveavengefulpluckcrowrevengefulvengefulvengesomevindicalvindictivewreakful

adjectivePrompted by or characterised by revenge; severe, cruel.

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brutalheartless
Also see
avengefulpettyretaliatoryrevengeablerevengefulvengefulvengesomevindicalvindictive

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanvengeable
  2. Englishvengeable

From Anglo-Norman vengeable.

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APA

vengeable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vengeable

MLA

“vengeable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vengeable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vengeable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vengeable.

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