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revenge
noun as in retaliation for wrong, grievance
Strongest matches
Strong matches
animus, avenging, counterblow, counterinsurgency, counterplay, fight, malevolence, rancor, repayment, requital, return, ruthlessness, satisfaction, sortie, spitefulness, vengefulness, vindictiveness
Weak matches
avengment, eye for an eye, getting even, ill will, implacability, measure for measure, tit for tat
Example Sentences
She urged the performer to consider, “Why am I saying this? Is it just to get revenge?”
On its surface, Atlas seems to be delivering a revenge fantasy: All those uptight women who rejected you will get dumped by the time they’re 30, guys!
Kali, or 008, made a brief appearance in a Season 2 storyline — Eleven temporarily joined her gang of misfits to help in Kali’s mission of getting revenge on people who worked in the lab.
Not for revenge, but for necessity and before restoring “swagger” becomes the industry’s euphemism for deciding which Americans deserve to survive.
After all, the other and more significant promise he made to his followers was that once he returned to office, he would mount a revenge campaign on everyone who had wronged him.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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