revengeful
revengeful is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge. If thy revengeful heart can not forgive. Shak. May my hands . . . Never brandish more rebvengeful steel. Shak. -- Re*venge"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*venge"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- anger
- animus
- avenge
- avengeance
- avengement
- avenger
- bear
- blood
- bone
- breast
- breathe
- crow
- day
- death
- est
- feeling
- feud
- for
- green
- harbor
- have
- high
- hip
- immitigable
- implacability
- implacable
- inexorable
- infidel
- keep
- malevolence
- malice
- noble
- now
- pick
- pickle
- pitiless
- pluck
- rancor
- rancorous
- rankle
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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