Synonyms for vengeful
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.
Example sentences
- vindictive He became quite vindictive after his wife left him.
- disaffected The soldiers were disaffected toward the government.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vengeful | rising | |
| vindictive | rising | |
| retaliatory | steady | |
| rancorous | rising | |
| disaffected | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- rancorous3
- 10 letters
- vindictive3, revengeful
- 11 letters
- retaliatory5, disaffected4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rancorous3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- vengeur