What does revenge mean?
Definitions for revenge
rɪˈvɛndʒre·venge
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word revenge.
Princeton's WordNet
retaliation, revenge(verb)
action taken in return for an injury or offense
revenge, avenge, retaliate(verb)
take revenge for a perceived wrong
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
Wiktionary
revenge(Noun)
Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.
Indifference is the sweetest revenge.
revenge(Verb)
To take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.
I will revenge myself upon you!
revenge(Verb)
To take revenge for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.
Arsenal revenged its loss to Manchester United last time with a 5-0 drubbing this time.
revenge(Verb)
To take vengeance.
Webster Dictionary
Revenge(verb)
to inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer
Revenge(verb)
to inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously
Revenge(verb)
to take vengeance; -- with
Revenge(noun)
the act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil
Revenge(noun)
the disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury
Freebase
Revenge
Revenge is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. It is also called payback, retribution, retaliation or vengeance; it may be characterized as a form of justice, an altruistic action which enforces societal or moral justice aside from the legal system. Francis Bacon described it as a kind of "wild justice.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Revenge
rē-venj′, v.t. to punish in return: to avenge.—v.i. to take vengeance.—n. the act of revenging: injury inflicted in return: a malicious injuring in return for an injury received: the passion for retaliation.—adj. Revenge′ful, full of revenge or a desire to inflict injury in return: vindictive: malicious.—adv. Revenge′fully.—n. Revenge′fulness.—adj. Revenge′less.—ns. Revenge′ment; Reveng′er.—adv. Reveng′ingly.—Give one his revenge, to play a return match with a defeated opponent. [O. Fr. revenger, revencher (Fr. revancher)—L. re-, in return, vindicāre, to lay claim to.]
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'revenge' in Nouns Frequency: #2898
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of revenge in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of revenge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of revenge in a Sentence
If you want to take revenge on a man, send him a really beautiful woman
It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to the more ought law to weed it out.
Revenge is proof that human being knows neither the meaning of death nor valediction.
Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it sparkles in the setting of modest self-distrust; and never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive any injury.
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- انتقام, ثأرArabic
- qisas, intiqamAzerbaijani
- помстаBelarusian
- отмъщение, мъстBulgarian
- revenja, revenjar-seCatalan, Valencian
- pomstaCzech
- dialeddWelsh
- hævnDanish
- rächen, RacheGerman
- εκδικούμαι, εκδίκησηGreek
- venĝoEsperanto
- venganzaSpanish
- kättemaksEstonian
- mendekuBasque
- انتقامPersian
- kostaa, kostoFinnish
- vengeance, vengerFrench
- díoltasIrish
- dìoghaltasScottish Gaelic
- vinganzaGalician
- נקמהHebrew
- बदलाHindi
- bosszúHungarian
- վրեժ, քեն, ոխArmenian
- balas dendamIndonesian
- hefndIcelandic
- rivincita, vendicarsi, ritorsione, rivalsa, vendettaItalian
- 復讐, 報復, リベンジJapanese
- შურისძიება, შურისგებაGeorgian
- кек, өшKazakh
- 復讐, 복수Korean
- кекKyrgyz
- vindicta, ultioLatin
- kerštasLithuanian
- atriebe, atriebībaLatvian
- uto, ngakingaMāori
- одмазда, одмаздуваMacedonian
- өс авахMongolian
- dendamMalay
- wraakDutch
- hevnNorwegian
- revenjaOccitan
- zemstaPolish
- vingançaPortuguese
- răzbunare, răzbunaRomanian
- мстить, реванш, отомстить, воздаяние, месть, отмщение, мщениеRussian
- освета, osvetiti se, òdmazda, ȍsveta, одмаздаSerbo-Croatian
- pomstaSlovak
- maščevanjeSlovene
- hakmarrje, gjakmarrjeAlbanian
- hämndSwedish
- kisasiSwahili
- ప్రతీకారంTelugu
- интиқомTajik
- ความอาฆาตThai
- intikamTurkish
- үчTatar
- помстаUkrainian
- بدلہUrdu
- trả thùVietnamese
- 复仇Chinese
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