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The robbery was committed by a vengeful former employee.
The fire was a vengeful act of destruction.
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Thursday afternoon proved the flaws in baseball’s longstanding adherence to its vengeful ways during the Tigers’ 10–6 win over the Yankees.
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Where does this latest send up fit in her vengeful repertoire?
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Humankind has abandoned giant bears and toads, although vengeful gods have hung tight, so there was no fear as the moon slid across the sun Monday afternoon.
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Giselle dies of grief and is enlisted by the vengeful Wilis, a ghostly army of unmarried maidens who haunt the forests, dancing to death any male mortal who crosses their path.
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The denouement is as vengeful as any Old Testament plot twist.
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Now that Dany is sailing toward Westeros, Tyrion may already be contemplating a vengeful reunion with his not-so-loving sister, Cersei.
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Which perhaps helps to explain, in part, why the White House has taken such a curiously vengeful position toward Doha in the midst of the Qatari diplomatic crisis currently roiling the Middle East.
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In the Foo Fighters, Grohl writes and sings tunes that range from funny and sweet to vengeful and introspective.
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Origin and Etymology of vengeful
vengeful Synonyms
Synonyms
revengeful, vindictiveRelated Words
avenging, retaliatory; resentful, uncharitable, unforgiving; catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, sadistic, spiteful, venomous, vicious, viperish, virulent; narrow-minded, petty, small-minded; grim, implacable, merciless, pitiless, relentless, unrelenting; baleful, baneful, evil; harsh, hostile, inimical, wrathfulNear Antonyms
charitable, forgiving, merciful, relenting; benevolent, benign, benignant, loving; brotherly, compassionate, good, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, warm, warmhearted; altruistic, humane, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical); sweet, tender, tenderhearted; high-minded, magnanimous, nobleVENGEFUL Defined for English Language Learners
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