| 词汇 | vengeful |
| 释义 | vengeful adjective formaluk /ˈvendʒ.fəl/ us /ˈvendʒ.fəl/ expressing a strong wish to punish someone who has harmed you or your family or friends: 图谋报复的;意图复仇的 She sprayed red paint all over his car in one last vengeful act before leaving him for good.在彻底离开他之前，她用红漆涂花了他的车作为最后的报复。 Synonyms revengeful vindictivedisapproving Revenge and vengefulness avenge avenger bite bite back (at someone/something) counter-retaliation eye fix karma medicine pay pay someone/something back reprisal retaliate retaliation strike strike back that will show someoneidiom tit for tat two can play at that gameidiom vengeance Related wordsvengefully vengefulness vengeful | American Dictionaryvengeful adjective fmlus/ˈvendʒ·fəl/ desiring to hurt someone, often violently, in order to punish that person for having hurt you: We are not vengeful people but we want justice. Examples of vengefulvengeful The margraves, on the other hand, were likely to be both more vengeful and more grateful. If the wife is not vengeful, she may try to avoid adding unnecessarily to his experiential suffering. The experience of the period between the wars had taught the painful lesson that this would just breed resentment and vengeful sentiments. Is it changing with vengeful intent? The prospect of being left to the tender mercies of vengeful colleagues was to cause many a loyalist to prefer corporate solidarity to promises of royal protection. If the final report is anything like an earlier draft, it may be safely dismissed as vengeful, biased and inaccurate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Each side is violent and vengeful in what they believe is for their conscience, and their belief in what is right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is enough for my purpose to say that they believe that it was conceived in a vengeful spirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It also gives some kind of satisfaction to the slightly vengeful attitude of the public, who are determined that crime should not go free. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We hope that they will control any who may be intent on vengeful actions, which will get them nowhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He strongly rejected as simply untrue the implication that "all prisoners are nasty, evil, vengeful, unrepentant". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One says this in no spiteful or vengeful spirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, the action is seen by many as vengeful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Faith and religion can be taken over by those who want to use them as respectable fronts for their own prejudices, agendas and vengeful purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is as if someone went out for a vengeful look for people who had not been caught. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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