vengeful

Curses, vengeful spirits, an ability to predict the future and other such phenomena are called paranormal.
What the mummy’s curse reveals about your brain|Kathryn Hulick|January 14, 2021|Science News For Students
He seemed to have none of the semi-barbarian vengefulness that might have been expected.
The Girl and The Bill|Bannister Merwin
Again the Colonel noted that red vengefulness in the skipper's eyes, and recoiled suspiciously.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day
There was such vengefulness and authority in the big man's visage that the Haskell boy wilted in unconditional surrender.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day

These proceedings had all the cold vengefulness of a death-sentence, and the cruelty of a sentence of exile.
Lord Jim|Joseph Conrad
Among the crowds tales more and more wonderful were related of the vengefulness of the Christian God.
Quo Vadis|Henryk Sienkiewicz

British Dictionary definitions for vengeful

vengeful

/ (ˈvɛndʒfʊl) /

adjective

desiring revenge; vindictive

characterized by or indicating a desire for revengea vengeful glance

inflicting or taking revengewith vengeful blows

Derived forms of vengeful

vengefully, adverbvengefulness, noun

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