网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 vengeful
释义
vengeful
adjective
formal
uk
/ˈvendʒ.fəl/us
/ˈvendʒ.fəl/
expressingastrongwishtopunishsomeone who hasharmedyou oryourfamilyorfriends:
图谋报复的；意图复仇的
Shesprayedredpaintall over hiscarin one last vengefulactbeforeleavinghim for good.在彻底离开他之前，她用红漆涂花了他的车作为最后的报复。
Synonyms
revengeful
vindictivedisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revenge and vengefulness
  • avenge
  • avenger
  • bite
  • bite back (atsomeone/something)
  • don't get mad, get evenidiom
  • eye
  • hit
  • medicine
  • mind
  • pay
  • paysomeone/somethingback
  • reprisal
  • retaliate
  • retaliation
  • retaliatory
  • tit for tat
  • two can play at that gameidiom
  • vengeance
  • vengefully
  • vengefulness
See more results »

Related words

vengefully
vengefulness
(Definition ofvengefulfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

vengeful| American Dictionary

vengeful
adjective
fml
us
/ˈvendʒ·fəl/
desiringtohurtsomeone, oftenviolently, inordertopunishthatpersonfor havinghurtyou:
We are not vengefulpeoplebut wewantjustice.
(Definition ofvengefulfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvengeful

vengeful
The margraves, on the other hand, were likely to be both morevengefuland more grateful.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If the wife is notvengeful, she may try to avoid adding unnecessarily to his experiential suffering.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The experience of the period between the wars had taught the painful lesson that this would just breed resentment andvengefulsentiments.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Is it changing withvengefulintent?
From theCambridge English Corpus
The prospect of being left to the tender mercies ofvengefulcolleagues was to cause many a loyalist to prefer corporate solidarity to promises of royal protection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If the final report is anything like an earlier draft, it may be safely dismissed asvengeful, biased and inaccurate.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Each side is violent andvengefulin what they believe is for their conscience, and their belief in what is right.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is enough for my purpose to say that they believe that it was conceived in avengefulspirit.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It also gives some kind of satisfaction to the slightlyvengefulattitude of the public, who are determined that crime should not go free.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We hope that they will control any who may be intent onvengefulactions, which will get them nowhere.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He strongly rejected as simply untrue the implication that "all prisoners are nasty, evil,vengeful, unrepentant".
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
One says this in no spiteful orvengefulspirit.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
First, the action is seen by many asvengeful.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Faith and religion can be taken over by those who want to use them as respectable fronts for their own prejudices, agendas andvengefulpurposes.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is as if someone went out for avengefullook for people who had not been caught.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/vengeful##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/27 14:31:44