revengeful

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

• See also Thesaurus:vengeful