Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vengefulness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: venge-ful-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being vengeful

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The vengefulness of the king was legendary."
"To this day his reason has never recovered from that shock; a wild nightmare of vengefulness has possessed him ever since, and he has almost bankrupted his native ingenuities in inventing pains and miseries and humiliations and heartbreaks wherewith to embitter the brief lives of Adam's descendants."

Etymology

Etymology tree English vengeful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English vengefulness From vengeful + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

vengefully vengeful

Synonyms

vindictiveness

Questions

What does vengefulness mean?: The state or quality of being vengeful
Where does vengefulness come from?: Etymology tree English vengeful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English vengefulness From vengeful + -ness.

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