Vengeance

/ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns/

Synonyms for "vengeance" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(4 words)

avenge avengement avengingblood feudcounterblow due

Strong matches (14)

energetically enthusiastically ferociously feud fiercely forcefully furiouslygetting evenredress repayment reprisal requital

Noun(1 words)

reprisal

Verb(1 words)

requites

Related words (23)

Noun(7 words)

retaliatingretaliation motifretributionsrevenge motifrevenge themerevenges wreak

retaliation retribution return revanche revanchism revenge revengefulnesssweet revengevehemently vendetta vengefulness violently wholeheartedly wildlywith a vengeance

Verb(1 words)

revenging

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More general

6 entries

justicenarrative deviceretaliation retribution revengethematic concept

More specific

7 entries

blood feudpaybackpoetic vengeancereprisalromantic vengeancetragic vengeancevendetta

Collocations

6 entries

act of vengeanceblood vengeancecycle of vengeancepursuit of vengeancequest for vengeancevendetta

Inflections

1 entries

vengeances

Derivations

3 entries

vengeful vengefully vengefulness

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Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure.

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She wanted desperately to get her vengeance.

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He turned with a vengeance against the religion he was brought up in.

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You killed my father, and today I'll have my vengeance.

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