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What is the adjective for avenge?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs avenge, revenge and venge which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

vengeable
  1. (obsolete) Vengeful.
  2. (obsolete) Prompted by or characterised by revenge; severe, cruel.
revengeful
  1. Vengeful, vindictive. [from 16th c.]
  2. Synonyms:
      3. spiteful, bitter, vengeful, malicious, rancorous, vindictive, malignant, malevolent, resentful, unforgiving, implacable, merciless, pitiless, unmerciful, seeking revenge, retaliatory, avenging, punitive, hateful, maleficent, malefic, hostile, nasty, mean, evil, cruel, malign, venomous, unkind, baleful, poisonous, catty, reciprocal, evil-intentioned, ill-natured, reactive, vicious, retributive, acrimonious, unfriendly, tit-for-tat, wicked, virulent, relentless, pernicious, bad, despiteful, fierce, murderous, sinister … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The terrible look had returned to his face with an added fire that beaconed a revengeful intention.”
      “Could the devil be working through the revengeful gravedigger, or had the wine master simply added too many chemicals by mistake?”
      “He felt quite guilty for these revengeful thoughts, but in the end concluded that the severe humbling would do her good.”
vengeful
  1. Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. spiteful, vindictive, bitter, hostile, rancorous, hateful, maleficent, malefic, revengeful, resentful, acrimonious, antagonistic, punitive, avenging, retaliatory, unforgiving, inimical, implacable, relentless, hating, grudge-bearing, out for revenge, thirsting for revenge, malicious, malignant, malevolent, nasty, mean, baleful, vicious, poisonous, malign, catty, evil, venomous, unkind, ill-natured, vitriolic, cruel, pernicious, evil-intentioned, virulent, wicked, hurtful, unfriendly, bad, wounding, despiteful, antipathetic, bad-natured … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Alas, he had underestimated the vengeful meddlesomeness of the bureaucrats.”
      “The cruel potentate is toppled by a vengeful pragmatist who can't wait to get his hands on his mineral resources.”
      “But the two must avoid the vengeful pimp Guido and keep their customers happy.”
revengeable
  1. Capable of being revenged.
avengeable
  1. Capable of being avenged.
avengeful
  1. (obsolete) vengeful
  2. Examples:
      3. “Or the Bodmin bad boys who went to play hurling instead of going to church and were turned into stone by avengeful priest?”
avenged
  1. simple past tense and past participle of avenge
  2. Synonyms:
      3. requited, revenged, retaliated, redressed, venged, repaid, vindicated, bewreaked, chastened, chastised, punished, retributed, spited, got even, gotten even, evened the score, hit back, exacted retribution, retaliated for, took revenge, taken revenge, got even for, got back at, gotten back at, paid someone back for, took vengeance, taken vengeance, got revenge for, took revenge for, taken revenge for, took vengeance for, taken vengeance for, evened the score for, hit back for, stuck it to, got your own back for, got even with someone for, took satisfaction, taken satisfaction, came back at, come back at, took satisfaction for, taken satisfaction for, let someone see how it feels, got even with, returned like for like, settled the score with, paid back, wreaked revenge on, made restitution … more
avenging
  1. present participle of avenge
  2. Synonyms:
      3. requiting, revenging, retaliating, redressing, venging, repaying, vindicating, bewreaking, chastening, chastising, punishing, retributing, spiting, getting even, evening the score, hitting back, exacting retribution, retaliating for, taking revenge, getting even for, getting back at, paying someone back for, taking vengeance, getting revenge for, taking revenge for, taking vengeance for, evening the score for, hitting back for, sticking it to, getting your own back for, getting even with someone for, taking satisfaction, coming back at, taking satisfaction for, getting even with, returning like for like, giving like for like, giving tit for tat, taking an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, settling the score with, getting your own back, giving someone a taste of their own medicine, giving someone their just deserts, taking an eye for an eye, giving someone a dose of their own medicine, giving as good as one gets, paying back, wreaking revenge on, making restitution, exacting revenge on … more
revenged
  1. simple past tense and past participle of revenge
  2. Synonyms:
      3. avenged, requited, retaliated, redressed, paid back, venged, recriminated, vindicated, wreaked revenge on, reciprocated, got even, gotten even, hit back, got even for, got redress for, gave comeuppance, given comeuppance, retaliated for, settled up, evened the score for, exacted revenge for, exacted revenge on, fought back, got revenge for, got your own back for, gave just desserts, given just desserts, gave like for like, given like for like, made reprisal, repaid in kind for, returned like for like, took vengeance for, taken vengeance for, avenged oneself, exacted retribution, got back at, gotten back at, got even with, gave tit for tat, given tit for tat, kicked back, made reprisal for, settled with, took vengeance on, taken vengeance on, evened the score, got satisfaction for, made retaliation for, retaliated against … more
revenging
  1. present participle of revenge
  2. Synonyms:
      3. avenging, requiting, retaliating, redressing, paying back, venging, recriminating, vindicating, wreaking revenge on, reciprocating, getting even, hitting back, getting even for, getting redress for, giving comeuppance, retaliating for, settling up, evening the score for, exacting revenge for, exacting revenge on, fighting back, getting revenge for, getting your own back for, giving just desserts, giving like for like, making reprisal, repaying in kind for, returning like for like, taking vengeance for, avenging oneself, exacting retribution, getting back at, getting even with, giving tit for tat, kicking back, making reprisal for, settling with, taking vengeance on, evening the score, getting satisfaction for, making retaliation for, retaliating against, retaliating on, seeking payback for, settling a score with, settling the score with, sticking it to, taking revenge for, taking revenge on, getting even with someone for … more
venged
  1. simple past tense and past participle of venge
  2. Synonyms:
      3. avenged, requited, revenged, retaliated, redressed, got even for, hit back, let someone see how it feels, evened the score, exacted retribution, returned like for like, hit back for, reciprocated, paid back, exacted revenge, fought back, paid someone back for, retaliated for, returned the compliment, got even, gotten even, repaid, vindicated, gotten back at, payed out, evened the score for, got even with someone for, got back at, settled the score, given someone a taste of their own medicine, stuck it to, revenged oneself, got your own back for, gave as good as one gets, settled the score with, paid out, given tit for tat, got even with, gave someone a dose of their own medicine, wreaked revenge, got back at someone, given as good as one gets, turned the tables on, made reprisal, gave tit for tat, exacted revenge for, gave someone a taste of their own medicine, given someone a dose of their own medicine, put up a fight, got revenge for … more
venging
  1. present participle of venge
  2. Synonyms:
      3. avenging, requiting, revenging, retaliating, redressing, getting even for, vindicating, getting even, evening the score, hitting back, exacting retribution, getting even with someone for, getting your own back for, paying someone back for, evening the score for, taking vengeance for, getting back at, sticking it to, getting revenge for, taking revenge for, hitting back for, retaliating for, paying back, wreaking revenge on, recriminating, reciprocating, making reprisal for, giving like for like, giving just desserts, taking an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, squaring things up, giving tit for tat, settling a score with, retaliating on, exacting revenge on, letting someone see how it feels, paying back in spades, taking an eye for an eye for, getting redress for, fighting back, kicking back, settling with, settling the score with, giving comeuppance, getting satisfaction for, getting your own back, returning the compliment, paying out, settling up, making reprisal … more
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