vengeances
Acts of retribution
Vengeances is the plural of vengeance, meaning acts of retaliation or punishment inflicted in return for wrongs suffered.
The plural is uncommon because vengeance typically functions as an abstract noun—you seek vengeance, not vengeances.
When pluralized, it emphasizes distinct acts of retribution: The warring clans traded vengeances across generations.
Punitive response to injury
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- settling scoresAvenging past grievances
- eye for an eyePunishment matching the offense
vendetta · requital · retribution · comeuppance · reckoning · just deserts · getting even · tit for tat
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- grudgesPersistent ill will
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- furyIntense violent anger
wrath · obsession · consumed · seething · plotting · festering · vindictiveness · spite
Aztec ruler, sixteenth century
- HamletDanish prince's revenge tragedy
- Count of Monte CristoClassic revenge novel
- MedeaMythical infanticidal sorceress
- blood oathsVows sealed by bleeding
nemesis · poetic justice · honor killings · Greek tragedy · Jacobean · generational curses · dramatic irony · Inigo Montoya
Fierce, punishing anger
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- smitingHitting with force
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- plaguesMass outbreaks of disease
hellfire · karmic justice · Sodom · locusts · flood · brimstone · righteous anger · apocalyptic
retaliation
Punitive response to injury
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- settling scoresAvenging past grievances
eye for an eye · vendetta · requital · retribution · comeuppance · reckoning · just deserts · getting even · tit for tat · blood feuds
bitterness
Sharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- grudgesPersistent ill will
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
fury · wrath · obsession · consumed · seething · plotting · festering · vindictiveness · spite · malice
Montezuma
Aztec ruler, sixteenth century
- HamletDanish prince's revenge tragedy
- Count of Monte CristoClassic revenge novel
- MedeaMythical infanticidal sorceress
blood oaths · nemesis · poetic justice · honor killings · Greek tragedy · Jacobean · generational curses · dramatic irony · Inigo Montoya · sworn enemies
wrath
Fierce, punishing anger
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- smitingHitting with force
- damnationEternal punishment decree
plagues · hellfire · karmic justice · Sodom · locusts · flood · brimstone · righteous anger · apocalyptic · curses
vengeancesforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
pardon · mercy · absolution · clemency · amnesty
vengeancesforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
love · benevolence · magnanimity · goodwill · charity
vengeancescompassion
Concern for others' distress
benevolence · goodwill · love · kindness · empathy
- with a vengeanceExtremely, intensely, forcefully
- vengeance weapon
- blood vengeanceRevenge for slain kin