vengefully
In spiteful retaliation
Vengefully means in a manner motivated by revenge or a desire to inflict harm in return for a wrong.
Someone who acts vengefully seeks to punish or retaliate: She vengefully spread rumors after being excluded from the group.
The word carries connotations of spite and deliberate payback rather than justice.
With harmful intent
- vindictivelyWith desire for revenge
- nastilyIn a malicious way
- cattilyIn a malicious manner
- pettyOf little importance
meanly · cruelly · bitterly · poisonously · hatefully · viciously · savagely · mercilessly
Retaliation for wrongs
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- comeuppanceDeserved punishment or rebuke
- requitalReturn for actions
counterstrike · counterattack · tit-for-tat · getting even · settling scores · reciprocation · backlash · eye for an eye
With bitter indignation
- bitterlyWith harsh resentment
- rancorouslyWith lingering bitter resentment
- acrimoniouslyWith sharp ill will
- unforgivinglyWithout offering pardon
implacably · relentlessly · persistently · broodingly · smolderingly · festering · long-held · nursing wounds
In an enraged manner
- ragefullyIn a furious manner
- angrilyIn a furious manner
- wrathfullyIn an enraged manner
- iratelyIn wrathful fashion
indignantly · seethingly · explosively · violently · ferociously · fiercely · tempestuously · heatedly
maliciously
With harmful intent
- vindictivelyWith desire for revenge
- nastilyIn a malicious way
- cattilyIn a malicious manner
petty · meanly · cruelly · bitterly · poisonously · hatefully · viciously · savagely · mercilessly · ruthlessly
payback
Retaliation for wrongs
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- comeuppanceDeserved punishment or rebuke
requital · counterstrike · counterattack · tit-for-tat · getting even · settling scores · reciprocation · backlash · eye for an eye · vendetta
resentfully
With bitter indignation
- bitterlyWith harsh resentment
- rancorouslyWith lingering bitter resentment
- acrimoniouslyWith sharp ill will
unforgivingly · implacably · relentlessly · persistently · broodingly · smolderingly · festering · long-held · nursing wounds · harboring
furiously
In an enraged manner
- ragefullyIn a furious manner
- angrilyIn a furious manner
- wrathfullyIn an enraged manner
irately · indignantly · seethingly · explosively · violently · ferociously · fiercely · tempestuously · heatedly · hotly
vengefullyforgivingly
With mercy shown
mercifully · clemently · magnanimously · graciously · leniently
vengefullybenevolently
In a kindhearted manner
compassionately · kindly · humanely · lovingly · tenderly
- vengeful spiritHostile apparition pursuing retaliation
- vengeful ghostSpirit seeking retribution
- vengeful heroProtagonist motivated by retaliation