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vengeful

/ˈvendʒfl/adjective

उच्चारण वेन्ज्फ़ल

प्रतिशोधी, बदले की भावना वाला

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    formal

    showing a desire to punish somebody who has harmed you

    प्रतिशोधी, बदले की भावना वाला

    • a vengeful enemy
    • The vengeful king ordered the village to be punished.
    • The vengeful brother planned to punish those who had cheated the family.
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    • She felt vengeful after the unfair treatment but chose to forgive.
    • A vengeful ghost haunts the old house in the story.

    Synonyms vindictive revengeful spiteful unforgiving retaliatory

    Opposite forgiving merciful magnanimous clement

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venge·ful

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Keep the revenge words together: vengeful, vindictive (wanting to harm somebody who has harmed you), spiteful, retaliatory, unforgiving.

बदले के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: vengeful, vindictive (हानि पहुँचाने वाले को हानि पहुँचाना चाहने वाला), spiteful, retaliatory, unforgiving।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

With a vengeance (with great force; more than expected: 'The rain returned with a vengeance').

Idiom 'with a vengeance' (बड़े ज़ोर से; अपेक्षा से अधिक: 'The rain returned with a vengeance')।