Vengeful; revengeful.

Of persons: Revengeful, vindictive.

Inclined or ready to take vengeance or inflict retaliative injury. (Cf. vengeful, adj. 1.) Of persons (or animals).

Characterized by a desire for revenge; vengeful, vindictive; avenging. Also: done in revenge. Chiefly archaic in later use.

= vindictive, adj. 1. Obsolete. (Common 1590–1690.) Of persons (or things personified).

Of persons, etc.: Given or addicted to revenge; vengeful.

Vengeful, vindictive.

Characterized by a desire for revenge; vengeful, vindictive.

Full of vengeance, vengeance-taking.

Harbouring revenge; seeking vengeance; prone or inclined to avenge oneself; vindictive.

Of persons: Given to revenge; having a revengeful disposition. (Cf. vindicative, adj. 1.)

Vengeful, vindictive. Obsolete. rare.