revenge
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- noun
- /rɪˈvɛndʒ/
:
venganza
- There is no greater revenge than unmitigated success.
- take revenge
- seek revenge
- act of revenge
Any intention that starts with revenge will lead to pain.
- Any intention that starts with revenge will lead to pain.
- You can either have success or revenge, but you can't have both.
- So this so-called revenge only benefits you.
- They want a bit of, you could say revenge for it.
- It's the stimulation of the revenge craving that's risky.
- Because success truly is the greatest revenge, man, right?
- You guys are conceiving very rich webs of revenge and I, I, this is terrifying.
- Number one was clearly revenge, bloodlust.
- Like Beyoncé said, the best revenge is your paper.
- She's just hell bent on revenge the German way.
- And when that happens, it feels great, revenge or no revenge.
- I don't have a revenge March I'm on.
- He says impulses of revenge lead to Rosantamont.
Examples
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So what do you want, revenge?
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I want revenge.
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So the problem is that when you seek revenge, you destroy yourself.
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Well, Well, I would certainly say that revenge has been served.
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We took our revenge for all the years away from home.
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Her only thought had been revenge, probably even when she was giving herself to him.
Fiction book (1991) -
I put it to you, Captain, that you were seeking revenge for the death of your son!
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This is about revenge.
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He came with two hungers: One for food and the other for revenge.
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He sought revenge on those who had harmed his family.
Synonyms
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6.8
Punishing someone in return for a wrong done to you
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5.5
Harming someone to punish them for something they did
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5.2
Harming someone because they hurt you
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7.5
Punishment people give because someone did something wrong and others think it is fair
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8.3
An action that hurts someone in return for an attack
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7.4
To try to hurt someone because they hurt you
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9.5
Giving back a favor or returning harm in the same way
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8.8
A stomach sickness that gives you diarrhea when you eat local food in Mexico or Central America
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Etymology
Revenge comes from the parts re- meaning 'back' and venge, the same root as avenge, meaning 'punish' or 'get even'. So a revenge is giving harm or getting something 'back' from someone who hurt you.