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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge.

If thy

revengeful

heart can not forgive.

Shakespeare

May my hands . . .
Never brandish more

revengeful

steel.

Shakespeare

Syn. – Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious.

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Re-venge′ful-ly

adv.

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Re-venge′ful-ness

Noun.

Adj.

revenj'ful.

full of revenge or a desire to inflict pain or evil for injury received; spiteful; malicious; wreaking revenge.

If thy revengeful heart cannot forgive.

Vindictive; inflicting punishment.

May my hands never brandish more revengeful steel.