Revenge synonyms
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Part of speech:
The desire to obtain revenge
To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge:
To respond to (another) or do something to or for (another) in return for that person's action or emotion:
Return, as for an injury or friendly act.
breathe vengeance
To make some sort of return for something done, given, etc.
give someone their comeuppance
Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
To pay back (an injury) in kind.
take-revenge
To avenge; to get back at.
To exact or mete out punishment.
give-as-good-as-one-gets
(Idiomatic) To behave toward others in a manner resembling or commensurate with their behavior towards oneself, especially in a situation where one is insulted or otherwise ill-treated.
hate (related)
An alternating back-and-forth movement.
blow for blow
The act of returning an injury
(Theology) Punishment or reward distributed in a future life based on performance in this one.
paying back
The act of returning an injury
Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will:
The desire to obtain revenge
This for that
return of evil for evil
The act of returning an injury
The act or an instance of retaliating for a loss or injury.
getting-even
The act of returning an injury
The act of returning an injury
an eye for an eye
The act of returning an injury
A return attack.
An armed attack, especially one made from a place surrounded by enemy forces.
counterinsurgency
Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare.
settling accounts
The act of returning an injury
The property of being ruthless
The quality or state of being malevolent; malice; spitefulness; ill will
The state or quality of being vengeful
(Uncountable) The state or quality of being spiteful.
A feeling of animosity; ill will.
A feud between two families that arises from the injury or killing of the member of one family by a member of the other family, leading to long-lasting animosity and retaliatory acts of revenge.
To punish
have one's revenge
wreak one's vengeance
exact retribution
make reprisal
To give or make some return or recompense to (a person), as for some service
repay in kind
return like for like
return blow for blow
give tit for tat
settle accounts
pay back in one's own coin
take an eye for an eye
turn the tables on
(Idiomatic) To retaliate; to take revenge.
be out for blood
give an exchange
give someone their just deserts
get satisfaction
even the score
To make ready; prepare:
(--- Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
pay off old scores
settle a score
return the compliment
fix one's wagon
give a taste of one's own medicine
pardon (antonym)
forgiveness (antonym)
excusing (antonym)
attack (related)
malice (related)
Inflicting, concerned with, or directed toward punishment
retaliative
Relating to retribution; retaliatory.
Vengeful, vindictive. [from 16th c.]
Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful.
viperish
In the manner of a viper.
Using, containing, or marked by harshly critical or irate language.
A source of harm or ruin:
The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
retortion
revanchism
A spirit of revenge moving a defeated nation to aggressively seek restoration of lost territory, authority, etc.
The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated.
lex-talionis
revanche
wreak vengeance
sympathy (antonym)
forgive (antonym)
sympathize (antonym)
An act of retaliation; a counterattack
A blow given in return
avenging
The act of returning an injury
condone (antonym)
(Obs.) Something annoying or irritating
a tooth for a tooth
like-for-like
square accounts
pay back in spades
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