noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Revenge.
2. 2
   a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other wordnet
3. 3
   A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.

   "The families had been locked in a bitter vendetta for generations."

4. 4
   A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.

   "personal vendetta"

Synonyms

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acrimonyaltercationanimosityanimusargumentavengement

Example

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"She looked at me and said, "This is my vendetta"."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

Related phrases

bitter destructive feud normally between two families clans or factions in which each injury or slaying is revenged blood feudhave it in for

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