showing a desire to punish somebody who has harmed you 心存报复的;图谋复仇的 He was not a vengeful man. 他不是一个报复心强的人。 What had he done to make Jane so vengeful and bitter? 他做了什么使简如此报复心强和痛苦?
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete venge ‘avenge’ (from Old French venger ‘avenge’), on the pattern of revengeful.