Vocabulary
Vengeful
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
seeking to harm someone in return for a perceived injury.
Urdu meaning
انتقام لینے والا، قصاصی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- We should be alarmed by the proliferation of vengeful politics around the world.
- A vengeful throng is sadistically savouring the dismantling of the hated Eastern `liberal establishment`.
- But neither will there be vengeful punishment.
- A current example is the vengeful bulldozing of Muslim homes and shops by state governments, ignoring a bar on such action by the Indian supreme court.
- And for this, Nehru, like the nastikas, faced vengeful retribution.
Synonyms
vindictive, revengeful, out for revenge, avenging, unforgiving, resentful
Antonyms
forgiving, benevolent
Curator example
“a vengeful ex-con”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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