How do you use the word "revenge" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "revenge": We'll give you your revenge. I got a little revenge on him.

Revenge Meaning

/ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

nounA win by a previous loser.

Sentence Examples

We'll give you your revenge.

I got a little revenge on him.

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

retaliate retaliation avenge

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

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

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He spent years plotting ____ against those who had wronged him before finally letting go of his anger.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”." — 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

"CHAOTICA: Arachnia, death as you know it has no hold on me. My defeat is but a temporary setback. I shall return to seek my revenge. JANEWAY: He doesn't give up, does he? PARIS: They never do. CHAOTICA: Our love was not meant to be, my Queen. But be warned. You have not seen the last of (gurgle) Chaotica." — 1999 January 27, Bride of Chaotica! (Star Trek: Voyager) (Science Fiction), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:

"The gods are just, and will revenge our cause." — 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

"to revenge the death of our fathers" — 1814, Lord Berners, The Ancient Chronicles of Sir John Froissart:

"However, my veneration for that illustrious man was so great, that on the night when he died, I revenged him finely on his two principal enemies." — c. 1840, Leigh Hunt, The Seer; Or, Common-places Refreshed:

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