Definition of 'revenge'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense revenges
, present participle revenging
, past tense, past participle revenged
2. verb
If you revenge yourself on someone who has hurt you, you hurt them in return.
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revenge in British English
noun
1.
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Derived forms
revengeless (reˈvengeless) adjective
revenger (reˈvenger)
noun
revenging (reˈvenging)
adjective
revengingly (reˈvengingly)
adverb
Word origin
C14: from Old French revenger, from Late Latin revindicāre, from re- + vindicāre to vindicateWord Frequency
revenge in American English
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈvenged or reˈvenging
1.
to inflict damage, injury, or punishment in return for (an injury, insult, etc.); retaliate for
2.
to take vengeance in behalf of (a person, oneself, etc.); avenge
verb intransitive
3. Obsolete
to take vengeance
noun
4.
the act of revenging; vengeance
5.
what is done in revenging
6.
desire to take vengeance; vindictive spirit
7.
SIMILAR WORDS: aˈvenge
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Derived forms
revenger (reˈvenger)
noun
revengingly (reˈvengingly)
adverb
Word origin
ME revengen < OFr revenger < re-, again + vengier, to take vengeance < L vindicare: see vindicateWord Frequency
revenge in American English
(rɪˈvendʒ) (verb -venged, -venging)
transitive verb
1.
He revenged his murdered brother
2.
to take vengeance for; inflict punishment for; avenge
He revenged his brother's murder
intransitive verb
3.
to take revenge
noun
SYNONYMS 1. See avenge. 4. requital. revenge, reprisal, retribution, vengeance suggest a punishment, or injury inflicted in return for one received. revenge is the carrying out of a bitter desire to injure another for a wrong done to oneself
or to those who are felt to be like oneself: to plot revenge. reprisal, formerly any act of retaliation, is used specifically in warfare for retaliation
upon the enemy for its (usually unlawful) actions: to make a raid in reprisal for one by the enemy. retribution suggests just or deserved punishment, often without personal motives, for some evil
done: a just retribution for wickedness. vengeance is usually wrathful, vindictive, furious revenge: implacable vengeance. 4.
the act of revenging; retaliation for injuries or wrongs; vengeance
5.
something done in vengeance
6.
the desire to revenge; vindictiveness
7.
an opportunity to retaliate or gain satisfaction
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Derived forms
revengeless adjective
revenger
noun
revengingly
adverb
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME revengen (v.) ‹ MF, OF revenger, equiv. to re- re- + venger to avenge ‹ L vindicāre; see vindicate]Examples of 'revenge' in a sentence
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Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it outEssays
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revenge
British English: revenge
/rɪˈvɛndʒ/ NOUN
Revenge involves hurting someone who has hurt you.
...acts of revenge.
- American English: revenge /rɪˈvɛndʒ/
- Arabic: اِنْتِقَام
- Brazilian Portuguese: vingança
- Chinese: 复仇
- Croatian: osveta
- Czech: pomsta
- Danish: hævn
- Dutch: wraak
- European Spanish: venganza
- Finnish: kosto
- French: vengeance
- German: Rache
- Greek: εκδίκηση
- Italian: vendetta
- Japanese: 復讐
- Korean: 복수
- Norwegian: hevn
- Polish: zemsta
- European Portuguese: vingança
- Romanian: răzbunare
- Russian: месть
- Latin American Spanish: venganza
- Swedish: hämnd
- Thai: การแก้เแค้น
- Turkish: intikam
- Ukrainian: помста
- Vietnamese: sự trả thù
British English: revenge
VERB /rɪˈvɛndʒ/
If you revenge yourself on someone who has hurt you, you hurt them in return.
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