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单词 vengeful
释义
vengeful
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈvendʒ.fəl/us
/ˈvendʒ.fəl/
expressingastrongwishtopunishsomeone who hasharmedyou oryourfamilyorfriends:
图谋报复的；意图复仇的
Shesprayedredpaintall over hiscarin one last vengefulactbeforeleavinghim for good.在彻底离开他之前，她用红漆涂花了他的车作为最后的报复。
Synonyms
revengeful
vindictivedisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revenge and vengefulness
  • avenge
  • avenger
  • bite
  • bite back (atsomeone/something)
  • don't get mad, get evenidiom
  • eye
  • hit
  • medicine
  • mind
  • pay
  • paysomeone/somethingback
  • reprisal
  • retaliate
  • retaliation
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  • tit for tat
  • two can play at that gameidiom
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vengefully
vengefulness
(Definition ofvengefulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

vengeful| American Dictionary

vengeful
adjective
fml
us
/ˈvendʒ·fəl/
desiringtohurtsomeone, oftenviolently, inordertopunishthatpersonfor havinghurtyou:
We are not vengefulpeoplebut wewantjustice.
(Definition ofvengefulfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvengeful

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The margraves, on the other hand, were likely to be both morevengefuland more grateful.
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If the wife is notvengeful, she may try to avoid adding unnecessarily to his experiential suffering.
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The experience of the period between the wars had taught the painful lesson that this would just breed resentment andvengefulsentiments.
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Is it changing withvengefulintent?
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The prospect of being left to the tender mercies ofvengefulcolleagues was to cause many a loyalist to prefer corporate solidarity to promises of royal protection.
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If the final report is anything like an earlier draft, it may be safely dismissed asvengeful, biased and inaccurate.
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Each side is violent andvengefulin what they believe is for their conscience, and their belief in what is right.
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It is enough for my purpose to say that they believe that it was conceived in avengefulspirit.
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It also gives some kind of satisfaction to the slightlyvengefulattitude of the public, who are determined that crime should not go free.
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We hope that they will control any who may be intent onvengefulactions, which will get them nowhere.
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He strongly rejected as simply untrue the implication that "all prisoners are nasty, evil,vengeful, unrepentant".
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One says this in no spiteful orvengefulspirit.
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First, the action is seen by many asvengeful.
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Faith and religion can be taken over by those who want to use them as respectable fronts for their own prejudices, agendas andvengefulpurposes.
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It is as if someone went out for avengefullook for people who had not been caught.
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