revengeful

English

Etymology

From revenge +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒfʊl/

Adjective

revengeful (comparative more revengeful, superlative most revengeful)

Vengeful, vindictive. [from 16th c.]
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vengeful
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  the baser mind it selfe displayes / In cancred malice and revengefull spight […].

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