Word Study
revengeful
CIDE DICTIONARY
revengeful, a.
Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge. [1913 Webster]
"If thy revengeful heart can not forgive." [1913 Webster]
"May my hands . . .
Never brandish more revengeful steel." [1913 Webster]
Never brandish more revengeful steel." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
revengeful, adj. eager for revenge.
Derivative
revengefully adv. revengefulness n.
ROGET THESAURUS
revengeful
Revenge
N revenge, revengement, vengeance, avengement, avengeance, sweet revenge, vendetta, death feud, blood for blood retaliation, day of reckoning, rancor, vindictiveness, implacability, malevolence, ruthlessness, avenger, vindicator, Nemesis, Eumenides, revengeful, vengeful, vindictive, rancorous, pitiless, ruthless, rigorous, avenging, unforgiving, unrelenting, inexorable, stony-hearted, implacable, relentless, remorseless, aeternum servans sub pectore vulnus, rankling, immitigable, manet ciratrix, manet alid mente repostum, dies irae dies illa, in high vengeance there is noble scorn, inhumanum verbum est ultio, malevolus animus abditos dentes habet, now infidel I have thee on the hip.For further exploring for "revengeful" in Webster Dictionary Online