Revenge

Noun

 * 1) Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.
 * Indifference is the sweetest revenge.

Synonyms

 * payback
 * See also Thesaurus:revenge

Derived terms

 * Montezuma's revenge
 * revengeful


 * revenge is a dish best served cold
 * revengement


 * revenger

Verb

 * 1)  To take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.
 * I will revenge myself upon you!
 * 1)  To take revenge for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.
 * Arsenal revenged its loss to Manchester United last time with a 5-0 drubbing this time.
 * 1)  To take vengeance.

Adjectives for Revenge
dire; luscious-toothed; unlearned; sworn: desperate; frightful; implacable; passionate; undisturbing; stinging; delicate; meaningless; bloody; fierce; prophesied; timid; meditated; swift; secret; spiteful; just; wild; refined; doubtful; sweet.

Verbs for Revenge
aggravate to—; avert—; contrive—; evoke —; incur—; itch for—; provoke to—; restrain—; suppress—; vow—; wreak—; — angers; —confuses; —enrages; —evens; — exasperates; —flares; —foams; —grinds ; — infuriates; —stings.

Adverbs for Revenge
diabolically; ingeniously; logically; direty;frightfully; implacably; passionately; swiftly; secretly; spitefully; deliberately.

Thesaurus
amends, atonement, avenge, avengement, avenging, balancing, comeuppance, commutation, compensation, counteraction, counterbalancing, counterblow, defend, desert, deserts, even the score, expiation, get, get even with, indemnification, indemnity, just deserts, justify, launch a vendetta, lex talionis, offsetting, punish, punishment, quittance, recompense, rectification, redress, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retaliate, retaliation, retribution, revanche, reward, satisfaction, spitefulness, substitution, take revenge, vengeance, vindicate, vindictiveness, what is due, what is merited

Noun

 * Albanian: gjakmarrja
 * Arabic: ثأر, إنتقام
 * Armenian:, , ոխ
 * Azeri: qisas
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 報仇, 报仇, 復仇, 复仇, 報復, 报复
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kätte maksma
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French: ,
 * Georgian: შურისძიება, შურისგება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: बदला
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: balas dendam
 * Indonesian: balas dendam


 * Irish: díoltas
 * Italian:, , rivalsa, ritorsione
 * Japanese: 復讐,
 * Korean: 복수 (復讐)
 * Latin: vindicta, ultio
 * Latvian: atriebe, atriebība
 * Lithuanian: kerštas
 * Malay: dendam
 * Mongolian: өс авах
 * Norwegian: hevn
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, реванш, мщение
 * Scottish Gaelic: dìoghaltas
 * Serbian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (kwaam aakâat)
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: dialedd
 * : انتقام, بادا فرا,  بادا فرا
 * : venjo
 * : venjo

Verb

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 報仇, 报仇, 報復, 报复
 * Croatian: osvetiti se
 * French: venger


 * German: rächen
 * Greek: εκδικούμαι
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 復讐
 * Russian: мстить, отомстить


 * Catalan:
 * Greek: εκδικούμαι


 * Russian: мстить, отомстить

Anagrams

 * genever