All he wants is power to advance the agenda of a small group of vengeful geeks.
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Vengeful
//ˈvɛnʒ.fəl//
Synonyms for "vengeful" (21 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
Related words (10)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- اِنْتِقامِيّ adj (wanting vengeance)
- ثَأْرِيّ adj (wanting vengeance)
- حَاقِد adj (wanting vengeance)
Asturian
1 entries- vengativu adj (wanting vengeance)
Belarusian
2 entries- мсці́вы adj (wanting vengeance)
- по́мслівы adj (wanting vengeance)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отмъсти́телен adj (wanting vengeance)
Catalan
1 entries- venjatiu adj (wanting vengeance)
Czech
2 entries- mstivý adj (wanting vengeance)
- pomstychtivý adj (wanting vengeance)
Danish
1 entries- hævngerrig adj (wanting vengeance)
Dutch
1 entries- wraakzuchtig adj (wanting vengeance)
Finnish
2 entries- kostonhaluinen adj (wanting vengeance)
- kostonhimoinen adj (wanting vengeance)
French
2 entries- revanchiste adj (wanting vengeance)
- vindicatif adj (wanting vengeance)
Galician
1 entries- vingativo adj (wanting vengeance)
Georgian
2 entries- შურისმაძიებელი adj (wanting vengeance)
- შურისმგებელი adj (wanting vengeance)
German
1 entries- rachsüchtig adj (wanting vengeance)
Hungarian
1 entries- bosszúálló adj (wanting vengeance)
Italian
1 entries- vendicativo adj (wanting vengeance)
Kashubian
1 entries- mscëwi adj (wanting vengeance)
Latin
2 entries- ultor adj (wanting vengeance)
- ultrīx adj (wanting vengeance)
Macedonian
2 entries- одмазднички adj (wanting vengeance)
- осветлив adj (wanting vengeance)
Malayalam
1 entries- പ്രതികാരദാഹിയായ adj (wanting vengeance)
Māori
2 entries- kaikiko adj (wanting vengeance)
- whakakaitoa adj (wanting vengeance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hevngjerrig adj (wanting vengeance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hemngjerrig adj (wanting vengeance)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- racheewent adj (wanting vengeance)
Polish
1 entries- mściwy adj (wanting vengeance)
Portuguese
1 entries- vingativo adj (wanting vengeance)
Russian
1 entries- мсти́тельный adj (wanting vengeance)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dìoghaltach adj (wanting vengeance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- osvetoljùbiv adj (wanting vengeance)
- осветољу̀бив adj (wanting vengeance)
Slovak
2 entries- pomstivý adj (wanting vengeance)
- pomstychtivý adj (wanting vengeance)
Slovene
1 entries- maščevalen adj (wanting vengeance)
Spanish
1 entries- vengativo adj (wanting vengeance)
Swedish
1 entries- hämndlysten adj (wanting vengeance)
Tagalog
1 entries- mapaghiganti adj (wanting vengeance)
Thai
2 entries- พยาบาท adj (wanting vengeance)
- อาฆาต adj (wanting vengeance)
Turkish
3 entries- intikamcı adj (wanting vengeance)
- kindar adj (wanting vengeance)
- kinli adj (wanting vengeance)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мсти́вий adj (wanting vengeance)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The god of the Old Testament is a blood-thirsty tyrant — petty and vengeful.
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Mary is a very vengeful person.
Source: tatoeba (5306208)
Do not be so vengeful!
Source: tatoeba (6292143)
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