Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

with a vengeance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: with- a vengeance
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

With an intense motivation; in an extreme, intense, or violent manner.

Example Sentences

"With which intolerable pains if the party shriek or cry out, they roar out as loud to him to confess the truth, or else he shall come down with a vengeance."
"Yes, egad, they are tenacious of reputation with a vengeance, for they don't choose anybody should have a character but themselves!"
"It is said, that in the first representation of the Furies of Eschylus, the horror of the spectacle was so great, that several women miscarried; which was indeed pathos with a vengeance."
"They are fighting Quakers; they are Quakers with a vengeance."
"From the first, she is the New Woman with a vengeance, loving nothing better than a chair, whisky, cigars and a detective story."

Synonyms

intense intensely with a will violently

Questions

What does with a vengeance mean?: With an intense motivation; in an extreme, intense, or violent manner.

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