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As an adjective, vengeful means vindictive or wanting vengeance.
Meanings of vengeful
2 meaningsadjective
Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
“His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.”
Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
“more vindictive than jealous love”
“punishments … essentially vindictive in their nature”
Similar: revengeful, vindictive
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
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