Synonyms for venge
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : venj |
Phonetic Transcription : vɛndʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for venge Other synonyms for the word venge
- be out for blood
- come back at
- even the score
- fight back
- fix one's wagon
- get back at
- get even
- give comeuppance
- give just desserts
- hit back
- kick back
- make reprisal
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay off
- payback
- reciprocate
- redress
- repay
- requite
- retort
- retribute
- return
- return the compliment
- revenge
- score
- settle up
- settle with
- square
- stick it to
- take an eye for an eye
- take satisfaction
- take vengeance
- turn the tables on
- venge
Définition of venge
Origin :- "avenge," c.1300, from Old French vengier, from Latin vindicare (see vindication). Related: Venged; venging.
- As in avenge : verb retaliate
- As in revenge : verb retaliate for wrong, grievance
- What though he fly to the mountain tower To escape the venge of the tyrant's power.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of John R. Young » by John Young
- For the law indifferently doth punish euery man, that without the Magistrates order taketh authority to venge his own wrong.
- Extract from : « The Palace of Pleasure » by William Painter
- Kingis and lordis schulden wite that thei ben mynystris and vikeris of God, to venge synne and ponysche mysdoeris.
- Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand
- When from the sorely wounded / knight his sword was gone, Then had he naught to 'venge him / but his shield alone.
- Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown
Antonyms for venge
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