What does vengeful mean?
Vengeful means Vindictive or wanting vengeance..
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/ˈvɛnʒ.fəl/ · adjective
Vindictive or wanting vengeance..
His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.
A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.
Use vengeful when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vengeful means Vindictive or wanting vengeance..
Common synonyms include avengeful, pluckcrow, revengeful, vengeable.
Possible antonyms include conciliatory, forgiving, placable, unrevengeful.
His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.
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