Synonyms of avenged

avenged

verb

past tense of avenge

as in revenged

to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for

a play about a prince who struggles to avenge his father's death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revenged
• retaliated
• punished
• repaid
• redressed
• requited
• corrected
• compensated
• got even (for)
• venged
• fixed
• penalized
• scourged
• castigated
• chastised
• chastened
• righted
• disciplined
• paid (back)
• got
• recompensed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excused
• remitted
• pardoned
• forgave
• absolved
• condoned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of avenged

Commerce has avenged four 2025 losses (East Jackson, Elbert County, Oglethorpe County, Rabun County), the most of any GHSA school this season. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Both teams are in a similar boat as SEC contenders that have avenged an early season conference loss. — Pj Green october 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Here are three takeaways from UCLA’s fifth win, which kept the Bruins among nine remaining undefeated Football Bowl Subdivision schools and avenged one of Chesney’s two losses last season when his magical run at James Madison ended against Oregon. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

The victory was also payback for West Boca (3-0), which avenged last season’s 26-20 overtime loss to Newman. — Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

The only other times there was a Week 1 Super Bowl rematch came in 2016 when defending champion Denver beat Carolina 21-20 and in the first year of the merger when Minnesota avenged a loss to Kansas City with a 27-10 victory in 1970. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Martinez avenged that play with a 9-yard touchdown scramble of his own in the fourth quarter, followed by a 17-yard scoring strike to Watkins for a 41-9 lead. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

In gender, Columbus' men avenged an earlier season loss and cruised to an 11-6 win to sweep gender doubles. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Egor Demin scored 22 points to lead six players in double figures for the Nets (2-1), who avenged a 79-76 loss to the Kings on Day 1 of the California Classic in Sacramento. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026