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Recent Examples of revengeful Fans hoping for a revengeful scoring outburst were left wanting a little more, however, as Dončić — a career 28.6 points per game scorer — added only 10 points over the final three quarters. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025 Eventually, this revengeful streak will result in loneliness and isolation. Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024 Artemis was revengeful toward anyone who trespassed in wild nature, and trespassing could mean neglect, like not paying your dues. Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 20 June 2023 Bold, angry, and revengeful. Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023 The period film, based on a true story, follows a man who saw his parents get murdered by German soldiers during WW1 in 1914, and becomes a revengeful member of the resistance during WWII, turning a local Belgian newspaper into a patriotic and satirical tract aimed at fighting the Nazis. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021 The club came back with wins over Heights Norhill and a revengeful victory over Post Oak on Sunday, but leaving the bases loaded three times is going to all but ruin any team’s hopes for a big win. Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2019 With that defeat still fresh, the Lady Deer were very much in a revengeful mood. Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revengeful
Adjective
  • Something to do with the vengeful atmosphere and disappearing grasslands.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • After killing Ellen’s youngest son, who’d taken over his dad’s old job on Amity Island, the vengeful shark seemingly follows her all the way down the Bahamas.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • But truth be told, Los Angeles isn’t the biggest California prize for a vindictive president obsessed with punishing his internal political foes.
    Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
  • Two erratic, vindictive, spotlight-hungry billionaires convinced of their own greatness occupying the White House together?
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • What is a totalitarian leader other than an individualist taking that creed to its cruel conclusions, erasing the uniqueness of every other person into mere characters in a drama?
    Ed Simon June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • This realization reconfigures the entire book, recasting their ongoing dialogue and seemingly cordial relations as an interstellar jail—and the novel itself into an extended, especially cruel prison sentence.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
  • The first-degree arson charges and malicious damage by explosive charges are connected to the damage to two homes on each side of Barnette’s property.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • This approach costs three times more than housing people and creates a vicious cycle — incarceration increases homelessness risk by destroying community connections and employment prospects.
    Mahdi E Diab, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • Of course, no conversation about Yellowjackets season 3 would be complete without a deep dive into Shauna's vicious throw down with Swank's Melissa — during which Shauna rips a chunk of flesh off Melissa's arm with her teeth and forces her to eat it.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • Our national broadcaster should not be transmitting hateful material designed to incite violence and conflict.
    Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • But here’s the hard truth: the First Amendment protects vile, hateful speech, not just popular opinions.
    Bob Shaw, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Syria has turned from a fertile ground to a hostile one for Iran and its assets, after the Assad regime was toppled in December.
    Lina Khatib, Time, 19 June 2025
  • Republican leaders there have long seen many local school boards as hostile to potential charter school operators, resulting in a steady push to find ways for operators to apply to the state.
    Kate Payne, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • The film is described as an intense drama about two Palestinian refugees living in Athens, caught between petty scams and the hope of a better life in Germany.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 June 2025
  • In the end, what started as a petty doormat rivalry has turned into something much more joyful.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025

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“Revengeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revengeful. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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