Vengeance

//ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns//

Synonyms for "vengeance" (40 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(1 words)
retribution

Strong matches (12)

Noun(1 words)
payback

Related words (20)

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at location

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Translations

72 translations across 50 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τιμωρία noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اِنْتِقَام noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • ثَأْر noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Armenian

1 entries
  • վրեժ noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • отмъщение noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Catalan

1 entries
  • venjança noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 復仇 /复仇 noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Cornish

1 entries
  • venjyans noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Czech

2 entries
  • odplata noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • pomsta noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Danish

1 entries
  • hævn noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Dutch

3 entries
  • vendetta noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • vergelding noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • wraak noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • venĝo noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kättemaks noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Faroese

1 entries
  • hevnd noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kosto noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

French

1 entries
  • vengeance noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Galician

1 entries
  • vinganza noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Georgian

2 entries
  • შურისგება noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • შურისძიება noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

German

2 entries
  • Rache noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • Vergeltung noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄 noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Greek

3 entries
  • αντίποινα noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • αντεκδίκηση noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • εκδίκηση noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נקמה noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bosszú noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Ido

1 entries
  • venjo noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • balas dendam noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Irish

2 entries
  • agairt noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • díoltas noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Italian

4 entries
  • rappresaglia noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • ritorsione noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • rivalsa noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • vendetta noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 復讐 noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Korean

1 entries
  • 복수 noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Latin

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  • ultiō noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Latvian

1 entries
  • atriebība noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • одмазда noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Malay

1 entries
  • balas dendam noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പ്രതികാരം noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Maltese

2 entries
  • tpattija noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • vendetta noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Māori

3 entries
  • ngaki noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • ngakinga noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • whakakaitoa noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Occitan

1 entries
  • venjança noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • маст исын noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Persian

1 entries
  • انتقام noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Rach noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Polish

3 entries
  • odwet noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • pomsta noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • zemsta noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • vingança noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Romanian

1 entries
  • răzbunare noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Russian

4 entries
  • воздая́ние noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • месть noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • мще́ние noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • рева́нш noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • aicheamhail noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • dìoghaltas noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pomsta noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Spanish

1 entries
  • venganza noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hämnd noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Turkish

2 entries
  • intikam noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)
  • öç noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • по́мста noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự trả thù noun (revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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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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