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Revenge
01
the act of seeking punishment against someone who has wronged or hurt one in some way
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
Examples
He sought revenge for the betrayal.
to revenge
01
to inflict harm or punishment on someone in response to a perceived wrong or injury
Transitive: to revenge sth | to revenge oneself
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
revenge
3rd person singular
revenges
Present participle
revenging
Past simple
revenged
Past participle
revenged
Examples
He vowed to revenge himself on his enemies for their betrayal.
Lexical Tree
revengeful
revenge
