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avenged

avenged

7.2
A wrong, for example a murder, that people have taken revenge for
  • adjective
  • /əˈvɛnʤd/
translation icon : vengado
  • After years of planning, she avenged the wrongs done to her family.

Examples

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  • The hero finally felt avenged after defeating his enemy in battle.

  • The jury avenged the victim's suffering by delivering a just verdict.

Antonyms

unavenged
1 9.9

A wrong people have not punished or made right

How Avenged

avenged
7.2
punished
1.4
unavenged
1 9.9

Surface Forms

avenged positive

Morphology

avenged = avenge (transparent) = avenge + ed

Regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'avenge', so the relation and meaning are clear to learners who know the verb.

Etymology

Avenged comes from an old verb that meant 'to take revenge' and is the same root you see in vengeance and revenge. So, when something is avenged, someone has 'gotten even' for a wrong.