Synonyms of vendettas

vendettas

noun

plural of vendetta

as in feuds

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.

Related Words

• feuds
• disputes
• quarrels
• fights
• squabbles
• disputations
• disagreements
• brawls
• altercations
• imbroglios
• controversies
• spats
• skirmishes
• tiffs
• arguments
• contretemps
• misunderstandings
• wrangles
• tussles
• clashes
• bickers
• tangles
• contentions
• rows
• donnybrooks
• rhubarbs
• fallings-out
• battles royal
• attacks
• cross fires
• objections
• run-ins
• kickups
• scraps
• argle-bargles
• logomachies
• set-tos
• dissensions
• differences
• argy-bargies
• hassles
• protests
• protestations
• melees
• fisticuffs
• debates
• affrays
• catfights
• fracases
• free-for-alls
• fusses
• frays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vendettas

But the explosive anger, vicious vendettas, and festering class resentments expressed so powerfully in season one remain. — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026

All defendants maintained their innocence and appealed after a two-year trial that opened a Pandora's box of unwanted revelations about papal ransom payments to Islamic militants, Vatican vendettas, espionage and other dirty laundry of the Holy See. — Nicole Winfield The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026

All defendants maintained their innocence and appealed after a two-year trial that opened a pandora’s box of unwanted revelations about papal ransom payments to Islamic militants, Vatican vendettas, espionage and other dirty laundry of the Holy See. — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026

There were festering family vendettas; botched forensics; staggering police failings. — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025

But as the explosive Season 2 trailer makes clear, the Bellarie name comes with its share of danger, betrayal, and blood-deep vendettas. — Okla Jones, Essence, 21 Aug. 2025

While Jameson believes Spider-Man to be a menace, Robertson often takes a more supportive and reasonable view on the superhero’s action, and acts as a foil to Jameson’s vendettas. — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 21 Aug. 2025