vengeful

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvengefulvenge‧ful /ˈvendʒfəl/ adjective literary REVENGEvery eager to punish someone who has done something bad OPP forgiving a vengeful godExamples from the Corpusvengeful• What had he done to make Juliet so vengeful and bitter?• a vengeful God• He stumbled with vengeful intent through wide, open-topped courtyards and along covered, low-ceilinged walkways.• Starbuck and Ahab almost communicate with each other as the first mate pleads with Ahab to repudiate this vengeful mission.• The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry.• Personally they are petty, self-indulgent and vengeful to a degree that suggests galloping megalomania.Origin vengeful (1500-1600) venge “vengeance” ((16-17 centuries)), from venge “to avenge” ((13-20 centuries)), from Old French venger; → VENGEANCE

单词	vengeful
释义	vengeful From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvengefulvenge‧ful /ˈvendʒfəl/ adjective literary REVENGEvery eager to punish someone who has done something bad OPP forgiving a vengeful godExamples from the Corpusvengeful• What had he done to make Juliet so vengeful and bitter?• a vengeful God• He stumbled with vengeful intent through wide, open-topped courtyards and along covered, low-ceilinged walkways.• Starbuck and Ahab almost communicate with each other as the first mate pleads with Ahab to repudiate this vengeful mission.• The survivors scrambled back to the sepoy lines pursued by a vengeful squadron of Sikh cavalry.• Personally they are petty, self-indulgent and vengeful to a degree that suggests galloping megalomania.Origin vengeful (1500-1600) venge “vengeance” ((16-17 centuries)), from venge “to avenge” ((13-20 centuries)), from Old French venger; → VENGEANCE
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