Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: vengeance
IPA transcription: [v'ɛndʒəns]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: vengeance, retribution, payback
    Meaning: the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution"
Usage examples
  • You might call it animal vengeance.
  • The Vengeance, also, highly approved.
  • One is vengeance, the other, chastisement.
  • "Vengeance!" repeated Link, raising his eyebrows.
  • Manchester would be a seaport then with a vengeance!
  • "She is an Angel!" said The Vengeance, and embraced her.
  • This is not allowable, for man has not the right to take vengeance.
  • Hunrad lifted his head and muttered hoarsely, "Thor! take vengeance!
  • He might remain in Switzerland and wreak his vengeance on my relatives.
  • Vengeance waits for her, slow and sure; but she must live, for you need her still.