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

  1. ‘It is undoubtedly a good thing that we are neither cruel nor vengeful.’
  2. ‘This is a tempting tactic
  3. for it holds out the promise of vengeful satisfaction.’
  4. ‘Lynch wrote a notoriously vengeful poem
  5. full of vicious curses
  6. a story he tells against himself in shamefaced penance.’
  7. ‘Terms like goddess
  8. Kali and destroyer mingle freely in reinforcing this cult of vengeful violence.’
  9. ‘This is a crusade in the service of the divinity of capital
  10. a vengeful
  11. jealous god before which no other god may stand.’
  12. ‘It is well known that vengeful ex-cons have hunted down the cops who busted them.’
  13. ‘But the more seriously the sovereignty of Whitehall is challenged
  14. the more vengeful the state becomes.’
  15. ‘The vengeful tackle on Haaland 16 months ago during a Manchester derby was as bad as they come
  16. the sort that ends careers.’
  17. ‘But the two must avoid the vengeful pimp Guido and keep their customers happy.’
  18. ‘Is it wrong that I find myself wanting to kill a monkey out of vengeful jealousy?’
  19. ‘Holly Hunter makes her British stage debut
  20. playing a vengeful woman returning to rural Ireland.’
  21. ‘The plot line about the vengeful Temple merchants seeking Jesus' death has been removed.’
  22. ‘Perversely
  23. such words of steel were meant to calm the American people
  24. not whip them into a vengeful fervour.’
  25. ‘Speaking of vengeful robot rock
  26. you need to go see Captured by Robots!’
  27. ‘That letter is a vengeful
  28. malicious lie
  29. and I have the emails to prove it.’
  30. ‘The spectre of Thomas's brutal occupation is always there to hint that he could use his skills for vengeful justice.’
  31. ‘As a species
  32. we're too territorial
  33. short-tempered and vengeful for traffic to flow.’
  34. ‘It's been around forever
  35. and
  36. frankly
  37. the same complaint could apply to virtually all vengeful ghost stories.’
  38. ‘It seemed personal
  39. even vengeful
  40. the way these things rushed up at you.’
  41. ‘The threat of this they are likely to have weighed up against the long term implications of a fractured and vengeful middle east.’