vengeful

V4E1N1G2E1F4U1L1
/ˈvɛnʒ.fəl/

adjective

Vindictive or wanting vengeance.

“His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.”

Similar
avengefulpluckcrowrevengefulvengeablevengesomevindicalvindictivewreakful
Opposite
conciliatoryforgivingplacableunrevengefulunvengeful
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Meanings

adjectivevengeful (comparative more vengeful, superlative most vengeful)

comparative more vengeful · superlative most vengeful

  1. Vindictive or wanting vengeance.

    His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.

    1 more example

    A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.

    2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian

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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveVindictive or wanting vengeance.

Similar
avengefulpluckcrowrevengefulvengeablevengesomevindicalvindictivewreakful
Opposite
conciliatoryforgivingplacableunrevengefulunvengefulunvindictive

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedisposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

Similar
revengefulvindictiveunforgiving
Also see
avengefuldisaffectedpettyretaliatoryrevengefulunforgivingvengeablevengesomevindicalvindictive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From venge + -ful.

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Translations

Arabic اِنْتِقامِيّ, ثَأْرِيّ
  • اِنْتِقامِيّ (intiqāmiyy)wanting vengeance
  • ثَأْرِيّ (ṯaʔriyy)wanting vengeance
  • حَاقِد (ḥāqid)wanting vengeance
Bulgarian отмъсти́телен
  • отмъсти́телен (otmăstítelen)wanting vengeance
Catalan venjatiu
  • venjatiuwanting vengeance
Czech mstivý, pomstychtivý
  • mstivýwanting vengeance
  • pomstychtivýwanting vengeance
Danish hævngerrig
  • hævngerrigwanting vengeance
Dutch wraakzuchtig
  • wraakzuchtigwanting vengeance
Finnish kostonhaluinen, kostonhimoinen
  • kostonhaluinenwanting vengeance
  • kostonhimoinenwanting vengeance
French vindicatif, revanchiste
  • vindicatifwanting vengeance
  • revanchistewanting vengeance
German rachsüchtig, rachgierig
  • rachsüchtigwanting vengeance
  • rachgierigwanting vengeance
Hungarian bosszúálló
  • bosszúállówanting vengeance
Italian vendicativo
  • vendicativowanting vengeance
Latin ultor, ultrīx
  • ultorwanting vengeance
  • ultrīxwanting vengeance
Māori kaikiko, whakakaitoa
  • kaikikowanting vengeance
  • whakakaitoawanting vengeance
Norwegian Bokmål hevngjerrig
  • hevngjerrigwanting vengeance
Polish mściwy
  • mściwywanting vengeance
Portuguese vingativo
  • vingativowanting vengeance
Russian мсти́тельный
  • мсти́тельный (mstítelʹnyj)wanting vengeance
Scottish Gaelic dìoghaltach
  • dìoghaltachwanting vengeance
Slovak pomstivý, pomstychtivý
  • pomstivýwanting vengeance
  • pomstychtivýwanting vengeance
Spanish vengativo
  • vengativowanting vengeance
Swedish hämndlysten
  • hämndlystenwanting vengeance
Tagalog mapaghiganti
  • mapaghigantiwanting vengeance
Thai อาฆาต, พยาบาท
  • อาฆาต (aa-kâat)wanting vengeance
  • พยาบาท (pá-yaa-bàat)wanting vengeance
Turkish intikamcı, kindar
  • intikamcıwanting vengeance
  • kindarwanting vengeance
  • kinliwanting vengeance
Ukrainian мсти́вий
  • мсти́вий (mstývyj)wanting vengeance
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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