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venge

[venj] / vɛndʒ /
VERB
avenge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
vindicate
STRONG
chasten chastise punish redress repay requite revenge
WEAK
come back at even the score get back at get even payback retribute stick it to take satisfaction take vengeance
Antonyms
STRONG
cheer comfort encourage forgive
VERB
revenge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
avenge get back at vindicate
STRONG
defend fix get justify match punish reciprocate redress repay requite retort return score square
WEAK
be out for blood even the score fight back fix one's wagon get even give comeuppance hit back kick back make reprisal pay back pay back in spades pay off return the compliment settle up settle with stick it to take an eye for an eye turn the tables on
Antonyms
STRONG
deny depart fail leave lose refuse request surrender take
WEAK
forgive pardon sympathize

Example Sentences

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Novelist Roald Dahl has adapted his short story William and Mary, about the eerie re venge of a browbeaten wife, as the first offering in a new series intended to exploit eccentric stories.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next year she took her re venge in Fort Lauderdale by humiliating King 6-1, 6-0.

From Time Magazine Archive

Image of the beast         What a pitiful sight is malice, finding pleasure in re- 327:9 venge!

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

Alas, how fiercely Hagen gan venge the knight!

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier

J'ai fait ce que j'ai dû, j'ai vengé mon injure; Fais ton devoir, dit-il, et venge la nature.

From Books and Characters French and English by Strachey, Giles Lytton

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.