REVENGING Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

revenging

verb

present participle of revenge

as in avenging

to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother

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Singh and Oppenheim spent the next few days working on the script in a Mid-City office, then Singh spent five days alone rewriting the character of Hansen, infusing a mystical, avenging-angel undertone to his character.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
From then on the press made a point of painting you as the furious, avenging sister.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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