revengenoun [ U ]
uk/rɪˈvendʒ/us/rɪˈvendʒ/B2 harm done to someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to someone else:
She took/got/exacted (her) revenge on him for leaving her by smashing up his car.
He is believed to have been shot by a rival gang in revenge for the shootings last week.
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- It's the story of a woman who plots a dastardly revenge on her unfaithful lover.
- He needed to satisfy his desire for revenge.
- Her jilted boyfriend has sworn revenge on her new husband.
- You must cast aside all thoughts of revenge.
- The central character is a malevolent witch out for revenge.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revenge and vengefulness
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- avenge
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- even
- hit
- mind
- own
- pay
- pay sb back
- payback
- reprisal
- retaliate
- retaliatory
- revenge is sweet idiom
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeance
- vengeful
- vindictive
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Idiom(s)
revenge is sweet
revengeverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈvendʒ/us/rɪˈvendʒ/to harm someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to you:
to revenge a death/defeat/injustice
The red team revenged themselves on the blue team by winning the semifinal.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revenge and vengefulness
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- avenge
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- don't get mad, get even idiom
- even
- hit
- mind
- own
- pay
- pay sb back
- payback
- reprisal
- retaliate
- retaliatory
- revenge is sweet idiom
- two can play at that game idiom
- vengeance
- vengeful
- vindictive
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