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to revenge

16 4.2
To harm someone because they hurt you or someone you care about
  • verb
  • /rɪˈvɛndʒ/
: vengarse (de)
  • I will be revenged.

Examples

  • And if you wrong him... will he not revenge?

    The Art of a Bullet (1999)

  • She wanted to revenge the wrongdoings done to her family by taking action against the offenders.

  • And there are those of us in our business who have done that very thing, so as to revenge ourselves.

    Repo Chick (2009)

  • And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

    Academic text (2000)

  • You didn't wanna get revenge yourself?

    Killer Elite (2011)

  • Are not people moved to revenge by blind rage rather than by calculation?

    Academic text (2000)

  • Society doesn't say to the victim, "Go and take revenge yourself."

    Academic text (2006)

  • You're going to throw away everything we hoped for struggled for, just to be revenged.

    Edge of Darkness (1943)

  • He vowed to revenge himself after being betrayed by his closest friend.

  • In the movie, the hero sought to revenge the villain for the death of his brother.

Synonyms

to punish
vsto revenge
772 1.0

Make someone suffer for doing something wrong

is about causing suffering specifically as a personal response to harm
to get back
vsto revenge
  • Informal
129 4.2

Do something to hurt someone because they hurt you

is the broader act of hurting someone as a response to wrong
to teach someone a lesson
vsto revenge
  • Informal
120 4.2

Punish someone so they learn not to do it again

is about hurting as personal repayment rather than correcting behaviour
to avenge
vsto revenge
106 4.9

Punish someone who hurt you or someone you care about

is similar but emphasizes personal repayment for injury rather than justice
to get back at
vsto revenge
  • Informal
94 5.6

To do something to hurt someone because they hurt you

is about hurting someone in return to settle a score
to retaliate
vsto revenge
82 7.3

To hurt someone because they hurt you

is the general idea of causing harm back for a wrong
to get even
vsto revenge
  • Informal
80 5.4

To do something to hurt someone because they hurt you

is focused on harm as a personal response rather than fairness
to fix
vsto revenge
  • Informal
48 8.2

To get revenge on someone for something they did

is the standard term for causing harm back as personal response
to pay back
vsto revenge
  • Informal
11 3.2

Do something to someone to hurt them for what they did

is about causing hurt in return for an injury or wrong
to settle
vsto revenge
  • Offensive
9 8.6

To take revenge on someone who harmed you

is the idea of causing harm back to right a perceived grievance
to pay off
vsto revenge
  • Informal
1 5.1

Take revenge on someone for a wrong

is the general act of causing harm back for a wrong
to fix someone's wagon
vsto revenge
  • Offensive
1 9.6

Punish someone for something they did to you

is the straightforward act of harming someone back to show consequence
to pay (someone) back in (their) own coin
vsto revenge
  • Informal
1 8.3

Treat someone in the same bad way they treated you

is broader, covering any hurting done in return for an injury

Antonyms

to forgive
∞ 1.4

To stop feeling angry at someone or yourself for a mistake

to pardon
  • Formal
69 3.9

To officially forgive someone for a crime and free them from punishment

Idioms

out for revenge
8 7.1

Wanting to punish someone for a wrong they did to you

Compounds

Montezuma's revenge
  • NSFW
1 8.8

A stomach sickness that gives you diarrhea when you eat local food in Mexico or Central America

How Severe

to avenge
106 4.9
to revenge
16 4.2
to retaliate
82 7.3
to get even
  • Informal
80 5.4

Surface Forms

revenge infinitive
revenged past
revenged past participle
revenging present participle
revenges third person singular

Etymology

Revenge as a verb comes from re- meaning 'back' and venge, the same root as avenge, meaning 'punish' or 'get even'. So to revenge someone is to punish them to 'get even' for a wrong.