vengeful

From venge +‎ -ful.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvenʒ.fəl/

vengeful (comparative more vengeful, superlative most vengeful)

1. Vindictive or wanting vengeance.

   His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.

   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎:

     A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.

• See also Thesaurus:vengeful

• revanchist

• avenge
• vengeance

• vengeful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vengeful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vengeful at OneLook Dictionary Search