Definitions for vengeanceˈvɛn dʒəns
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
venge•ance*ˈvɛn dʒəns(n.)
infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like in return for an injury or other offense received; revenge.
an opportunity for or an instance of this.
the desire for revenge:
to be full of vengeance.
Idioms for vengeance:
with a vengeance, with violent force and rage. with extreme or excessive energy:
to set to work with a vengeance.
Category: Idiom
* Syn: See revenge.
Origin of vengeance:
1250–1300; ME < OF, =vengi(er) to avenge (< L vindicāre; see vindicate ) +-ance -ance
Princeton's WordNet
vengeance, retribution, payback(noun)
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
"Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
vengeance(noun)ˈvɛn dʒəns
revenge
to take vengeance on sb
vengeanceˈvɛn dʒəns
in an extreme or determined way
a virus that swept through the town with a vengeance
Wiktionary
vengeance(Noun)
Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
Webster Dictionary
Vengeance(noun)
punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge
Vengeance(noun)
harm; mischief
Translations for vengeance
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
vengeance(noun)
harm done in return for injury received; revenge.
- wraakAfrikaans
- إنْتِقامArabic
- мъстBulgarian
- vingançaPortuguese (BR)
- pomstaCzech
- die RacheGerman
- hævnDanish
- εκδίκησηGreek
- venganzaSpanish
- kättemaksEstonian
- انتقامFarsi
- kostoFinnish
- vengeanceFrench
- נְקָמָהHebrew
- प्रतिहिंसाHindi
- osvetaCroatian
- bosszúHungarian
- pembalasanIndonesian
- hefndIcelandic
- vendettaItalian
- 復讐Japanese
- 복수, 원수Korean
- kerštasLithuanian
- atriebībaLatvian
- balas dendamMalay
- wraakDutch
- hevnNorwegian
- zemstaPolish
- vingançaPortuguese
- răzbunareRomanian
- местьRussian
- pomstaSlovak
- maščevanjeSlovenian
- osvetaSerbian
- hämndSwedish
- การแก้แค้นThai
- intikam,öçTurkish
- 報仇, 報復Chinese (Trad.)
- помстаUkrainian
- انتقامUrdu
- sự báo thùVietnamese
- 报仇，复仇Chinese (Simp.)
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