Revengefully

Revengefully
Revengeful Re*venge"ful, a. Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge. [1913 Webster]

If thy revengeful heart can not forgive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

May my hands . . . Never brandish more revengeful steel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious. [1913 Webster] -- {Re*venge"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Re*venge"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • revengefully — adverb see revengeful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • revengefully — See revengeful. * * * …   Universalium

  • revengefully — adverb In a revengeful manner …   Wiktionary

  • revengefully — adv. vengefully, vindictively, in the manner of desiring revenge …   English contemporary dictionary

  • revengefully — re·venge·ful·ly …   English syllables

  • revengefully — adverb in a vindictive, revengeful manner he plotted vindictively against his former superiors • Syn: ↑vengefully, ↑vindictively • Derived from adjective: ↑vindictive (for: ↑vindictively), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • revengeful — revengefully, adv. revengefulness, n. /ri venj feuhl/, adj. determined to have revenge; vindictive. [1580 90; REVENGE + FUL] Syn. malevolent, malicious, malignant. See spiteful. Ant. forgiving. * * * …   Universalium

  • vengefully — adverb in a vindictive, revengeful manner he plotted vindictively against his former superiors • Syn: ↑revengefully, ↑vindictively • Derived from adjective: ↑vindictive (for: ↑vindictively), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • vindictively — adverb in a vindictive, revengeful manner he plotted vindictively against his former superiors • Syn: ↑revengefully, ↑vengefully • Derived from adjective: ↑vindictive, ↑vengeful (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Avenge — A*venge , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avenged} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Avenging} (?).] [OF. avengier; L. ad + vindicare to lay claim to, to avenge, revenge. See {Vengeance}.] 1. To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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