revengeful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
    vengeful; vindictive.
    • more vindictive than jealous love"- Shakespeare
    • punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature"- M.R.Cohen

WordNet

Re*venge"ful adjective
Definitions
  1. 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 rebvengeful steel. Shak.
    Syn. -- Vindictive; vengeful; resentful; malicious. -- Re*venge"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*venge"ful*ness, n.

Webster 1913