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Webster 1913 Edition
Revengeful
Re-venge′ful
,Adj.
Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge.
If thy
revengeful
heart can not forgive. Shakespeare
May my hands . . .
Never brandish more
Never brandish more
revengeful
steel. Shakespeare
Syn. – Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious.
– Re-venge′ful-ly
, adv.
Re-venge′ful-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Revengeful
REVENGEFUL
,Adj.
1.
full of revenge or a desire to inflict pain or evil for injury received; spiteful; malicious; wreaking revenge.If thy revengeful heart cannot forgive.
2.
Vindictive; inflicting punishment.May my hands never brandish more revengeful steel.
Definition 2024
revengeful
revengeful
English
Adjective
revengeful (comparative more revengeful, superlative most revengeful)
- Vengeful, vindictive. [from 16th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
- the baser mind it selfe displayes / In cancred malice and revengefull spight […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:vengeful