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revenge (noun)

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  • revenge — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sweet ▪ This was sweet revenge for our defeat earlier in the season. ▪ Revenge is sweet, so they say. VERB + REVENGE ▪ seek, want …   Collocations dictionary

  • revenge — ► NOUN 1) retaliation for an injury or wrong. 2) the desire to inflict such retaliation. ► VERB 1) (revenge oneself or be revenged) inflict revenge for an injury or wrong done to oneself. 2) inflict revenge on behalf of (someone else) or for (a… …   English terms dictionary

  • revenge — noun retaliation for an injury or wrong. ↘the desire to repay an injury or wrong. verb (revenge oneself or be revenged) chiefly literary inflict revenge for an injury or wrong done to oneself. ↘inflict revenge on behalf of (someone else).… …   English new terms dictionary

  • revenge — (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. revengier, from re , intensive prefix, + vengier take revenge, from L. vindicare to lay claim to, avenge, punish (see VINDICATE (Cf. vindicate)). To avenge is to get revenge or to take vengeance ; it suggests the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • revenge — I noun avengement, counterblast, counterstroke, desert, feud, implacability, nemesis, punishment, punitive action, quittance, reciprocation, repayment, reprisal, requital, retaliation, retaliatory punishment, retribution, retributive punishment,… …   Law dictionary

  • revenge — I. transitive verb (revenged; revenging) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French revenger, revengier, from re + venger to avenge more at vengeance Date: 14th century 1. to avenge (as oneself) usually by retaliating in kind or degree 2. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • revenge — I UK [rɪˈvendʒ] / US noun [uncountable] * 1) a) something that you do to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else Revenge was a possible motive for the attack. revenge for: I wanted revenge for the trouble she had caused …   English dictionary

  • revenge — re|venge1 [ rı vendʒ ] noun uncount * 1. ) something that you do to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else: Revenge has been given as a possible motive for the attack. revenge for: I wanted revenge for the trouble she… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • revenge — 1 noun (U) 1 something you do in order to punish someone who has harmed or offended you (+ for): Hamlet was seeking revenge for his father s murder. | get/take revenge (on): He took revenge on his employers by setting fire to the factory. | be… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • revenge — /rəˈvɛndʒ / (say ruh venj) noun 1. the act of revenging; retaliation for injuries or wrongs; vengeance. 2. something done in revenging. 3. the desire to revenge; vindictiveness. 4. an opportunity of retaliation or satisfaction. –verb (revenged,… …  

  • revenge — avenge, revenge The principal differences to bear in mind are (1) that you avenge a person (including yourself) or an act but revenge only an act or yourself (usually on someone), and (2) that avenge is only a verb but revenge is a noun as well… …   Modern English usage

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