revengeful

English

Etymology

From revenge + -ful.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈvɛndʒfʊl/

Adjective

revengeful (comparative more revengeful, superlative most revengeful)

  1. Vengeful, vindictive. [from 16th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.7:
      the baser mind it selfe displayes / In cancred malice and revengefull spight […].

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.