revenge

CEFRB1

/ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Action taken to hurt someone because they hurt you.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A win by a previous loser.

Examples

  • I got a little revenge on him.

  • The protagonist sought revenge for the betrayal of his close friend.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɹəˈvendʒ/
  • /ɹiˈvɛnd͡ʒ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.

  2. Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To take one's revenge (on or upon someone).

More examples

In context

  • We'll give you your revenge.

  • After tearing his fave T-shirt unintentionally, my brother wreaked revenge on me by ripping my most prized blazer apart.

  • When I left my wife, she tried to set fire to the house in revenge.

Synonyms

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He sought blank against his former partner after the betrayal became known.

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Origin

noun

From Middle French revenge, a derivation from revenger, from Old French revengier (possibly influenced by Old Occitan revènge (“revenge, comeback”), from Old Occitan revenir (“to come back”)), a variant of Middle French revancher (whence deverbal French revanche), from Old French revenchier. The variants Old French vengier (whence French venger) and Old French venchier are both descended from Latin vindicō, with stress-conditioned different parallel development in the inflectional forms. Doublet of revanche. Compare avenge and vengeance.