Dictionary entry
Vengeful
Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn(d)ʒfʊl/
Pronunciation
/ˈvɛn(d)ʒfʊl/
Myanmar Meaning
လက်စားချေလိုသော၊ ရန်ငြိုးထားသော။
Definition
vengeful / 'vendʒfl / adj ( fml ) အၿငိဳးႀကီးေသာ။ ❏ vengefully / -fǝli / adv အၿငိဳးႀကီးႀကီးႏွင့္။
Examples
- ‘It is undoubtedly a good thing that we are neither cruel nor vengeful.’
- ‘This is a tempting tactic
- for it holds out the promise of vengeful satisfaction.’
- ‘Lynch wrote a notoriously vengeful poem
- full of vicious curses
- a story he tells against himself in shamefaced penance.’
- ‘Terms like goddess
- Kali and destroyer mingle freely in reinforcing this cult of vengeful violence.’
- ‘This is a crusade in the service of the divinity of capital
- a vengeful
- jealous god before which no other god may stand.’
- ‘It is well known that vengeful ex-cons have hunted down the cops who busted them.’
- ‘But the more seriously the sovereignty of Whitehall is challenged
- the more vengeful the state becomes.’
- ‘The vengeful tackle on Haaland 16 months ago during a Manchester derby was as bad as they come
- the sort that ends careers.’
- ‘But the two must avoid the vengeful pimp Guido and keep their customers happy.’
- ‘Is it wrong that I find myself wanting to kill a monkey out of vengeful jealousy?’
- ‘Holly Hunter makes her British stage debut
- playing a vengeful woman returning to rural Ireland.’
- ‘The plot line about the vengeful Temple merchants seeking Jesus' death has been removed.’
- ‘Perversely
- such words of steel were meant to calm the American people
- not whip them into a vengeful fervour.’
- ‘Speaking of vengeful robot rock
- you need to go see Captured by Robots!’
- ‘That letter is a vengeful
- malicious lie
- and I have the emails to prove it.’
- ‘The spectre of Thomas's brutal occupation is always there to hint that he could use his skills for vengeful justice.’
- ‘As a species
- we're too territorial
- short-tempered and vengeful for traffic to flow.’
- ‘It's been around forever
- and
- frankly
- the same complaint could apply to virtually all vengeful ghost stories.’
- ‘It seemed personal
- even vengeful
- the way these things rushed up at you.’
- ‘The threat of this they are likely to have weighed up against the long term implications of a fractured and vengeful middle east.’