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Definitions for vengeful
ˈvɛndʒ fəlvenge·ful

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. revengeful, vindictive, vengefuladjective

    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

    "more vindictive than jealous love"- Shakespeare; "punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature"- M.R.Cohen

Wiktionary

  1. vengefuladjective

    Vindictive or wanting vengeance.

    His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vengefuladjective

    vindictive; retributive; revengeful

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vengeful in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vengeful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of vengeful in a Sentence

  1. Candace Owens:

    Octavio Jones/Getty Images has every right to be angry, but if you stay at a place of anger, right, you are ignoring everything that is going on around you. You’re no longer looking and accessing things in the way that you should be accessing things because you’re holding on to this almost vengeful spirit, is he going to get over the trauma of the election of 2020 and begin to paint a vision for 2024 ? What is Octavio Jones/Getty Images vision for 2024 ? Is it I ’m back ? Because that’s not a vision to me. It needs to be more than, ‘ I ’m back. ’.

  2. Doug Ericksen:

    Throughout this COVID situation, Jay Inslee has been out of step with the rest of the country, jay Inslee says Jay Inslee vengeful act was based on science, but it's certainly not the science understood by public health officials and elected leaders in every other state of the union.

  3. Charlie Kirk:

    The American way of life is being dismantled by a group of bitter, deceitful, vengeful activists.

  4. Blackhawk:

    A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.' ~Blackhawk

  5. Abdul Rahim:

    There are no local suspects. This is a feud between Myanmar people. It is not a religious conflict. These are only vengeful murders that were brought over here from Myanmar.

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