vengeance
/ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "All the gods have mocked at prayer. This sin must now be punished by the vengeance of men."
- "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North; General of the Felix Legions; loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius; father to a murdered son; husband to a murdered wife; and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
- "Penn: I don't want to invest in the conversation, not that I don't have it privately, about my feelings about what direct action should happen to a leader who does that, but if there is a God, there will be vengeance beyond all possible comprehension. Hannity: "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord", quoted in a very famous book."
- "Thereupon full of anger, full of jealousy, full of vengeance, she forms […] a scheme of retribution, […]"
- "If her husband was all forgiveness, asking the bands to play “Dixie,” she was full of vengeance […]"
- "Are they full of vengeance[?], because they say that people with vengeance in their hearts must dig two graves, one for their enemy and the other for themselves."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge + -ance.