Thesaurus results for VENDETTA

vendetta

noun

as in feud

a series of acts done to harm a disliked person or group He has had a vendetta against her ever since she beat him out for the promotion. The two politicians had long held a personal vendetta against each other.

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Recent Examples of vendetta Already harboring her own personal vendetta against Roper, Burr visits Pine in Switzerland and convinces him to infiltrate Roper’s business and avenge Sophie’s death. —

Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 9 Jan. 2026 And so to end up with the one person who had a straight-up personal vendetta against me, and then Steven, who kind of could see the player in me. —

Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025 There were festering family vendettas; botched forensics; staggering police failings. —

Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025 Helen sends him on an off-the-books job to the London Mother House to use his mind-probing powers on Jasper (William Fichtner), a powerful vampire with a personal vendetta against the Talamasca. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vendetta

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Noun

In his conversation with Tharpe, Jay-Z also discussed his evolving discography, shared his take on the 2024 rap feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, and his billionaire status (and the criticism that entails).

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
The show stars Alan Cumming and David Morrissey as a bar owner in Manchester and his long-standing neighbor, who become embroiled in a feud.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026