vengeance
vengeance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To execute fierce vengeance on his foes. Milton.
- 2.Harm; mischief. [Obs.] Shak. What a vengeance, or What the vengeance, what! -- emphatically. [Obs.] "But what a vengeance makes thee fly!" Hudibras. "What the vengeance! Could he not speak 'em fair" Shak. -- With a vengeance, with great violence; as, to strike with a vengeance. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- anger
- animus
- avenge
- avengeance
- avengement
- avenger
- bad
- bear
- bias
- bigotry
- blood
- bone
- box
- breach
- breast
- breathe
- crow
- cry
- custom
- day
- death
- ell
- encroach
- est
- favor
- favoritism
- feeling
- feud
- for
- foul
- give
- green
- grievance
- harbor
- has
- have
- heaven
- high
- hip
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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