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Examples of vengeful in a Sentence
The robbery was committed by a vengeful former employee.
The fire was a vengeful act of destruction.
Recent Examples of vengeful from the Web
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And the road rage is palpable and knuckle-clenching as a traveling salesman tries to avoid getting run off the road and killed by a vengeful big rig driver. 20.
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The Tsilhqot'in people – one of Canada's aboriginal First Nations, pronounced Chilcotin – evaded capture by the vengeful British colonists for months, until one day the gift arrived with an offer of talks.
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Meanwhile, there’s the problem of Henry, the vengeful — and woefully shortsighted — little brother.
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In Path to Redemption, a vengeful Zamperini is shown descending deeper and deeper into despair and on the brink of divorce before his wife, Cynthia, turns to God and prays for her husband's salvation.
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From Modi on down, the BJP and its far-right allies have built a political narrative around a vengeful form of Hindu victimhood standing up to the forces of militant Islam.
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The world is an unjust place in her vengeful state.
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This is the problem with a White House occupied by a vengeful chief executive who has little respect for institutional independence, rule of law, or government transparency.
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Mom Melissa, who put aside a stressful career to be at home for her kids, turns from catatonic to vengeful, while dad Jim, the breadwinner who is cautious and callous, itches to get back to work.
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Origin and Etymology of vengeful
vengeful Synonyms
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Near 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);
Related Words
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;
VENGEFUL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of vengeful for English Language Learners
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: feeling or showing a desire to harm someone who has harmed you : feeling or showing a desire for vengeance
VENGEFUL Defined for Kids
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