Hypertext Webster Gateway: "revengeful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Revengeful \Re*venge"ful\, a.
Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious;
revenging; wreaking revenge.
If thy revengeful heart can not forgive. --Shak.
May my hands . . . Never brandish more revengeful
steel. --Shak.
Syn: Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious. --
{Re*venge"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Re*venge"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
revengeful
adj : disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; "more
vindictive than jealous love"- Shakespeare;
"punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature"-
M.R.Cohen [syn: {vindictive}, {vengeful}]
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