avenge
/əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/
avenge verb: to take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
Verb
avenge (third-person singular simple present avenges, present participle avenging, simple past and past participle avenged)
- To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- to avenge the murder of his brother
- Avenge O Lord thy ſlaughter'd Saints, whoſe bones / Lie ſcatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold,1673, John Milton, “[Sonnet] XV. On the late Massacher in Piemont.”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC, page 58
- To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
- To take vengeance.
- Thou shalt not auenge nor beare any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt loue thy neighbor as thy selfe: I am the Lord.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 19:18
- Synonyms:
- bewreak, get back at, retaliate, take revenge
- To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
- thy judgment in avenging thine enemies1609, Bishop Hall, Some few of David's Psalmes Metaphrased
- Synonyms:
- spite
Noun
avenge (plural avenges)
avenge meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
avenge in Hindi
- to take vengeance for
- बदला लेना badlā lenā, दण्ड देना daṇḍ denā
avenge in Tamil
- to take vengeance for
- பழிவாங்கு paḻivāṅku, பழிதீர் paḻitīr
- to treat revengefully
- பழிவாங்கு paḻivāṅku, பழிதீர் paḻitīr
avenge in Urdu
- انتقام لینا
avenge in Bengali
- avenge
- প্রতিশোধ দেওয়া protiśōdh deōẇa
More languagesFewer languages
- avenge in Malayalam
- പകപോക്കുക
- avenge in Kannada
- ಮುಯ್ಯಿ, ಮುಯ್ಯಿ ತೀರಿಸು, ಹಗೆ ತೀರಿಸು, ಪ್ರತೀಕಾರ ಮಾಡು
- avenge in Arabic
- اِنْتَقَمَ intaqama
- avenge in Persian
- انتقام گرفتن enteqâm gereftan
- avenge in Thai
- แก้แค้น gɛ̂ɛ-kɛ́ɛn, ล้างแค้น láang-kɛ́ɛn
- avenge in Vietnamese
- phục thù, trả thù
- avenge in Myanmar
- လက်စားချေ lakca:hkye, ကလဲ့စားချေ ka.lai.ca:hkye
Synonyms of avenge
Forms of avenge
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | avenges |
| present participle | avenging |
| past participle | avenged |
| past | avenged |
| Noun | |
| plural | avenges |
Origin of avenge
Inherited from Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- + vengier.
Words formed from avenge
Words that rhyme with avenge
Questions about avenge
- What does avenge mean?
- Avenge means to take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- What is avenge in Hindi?
- Avenge in Hindi is बदला लेना (badlā lenā), दण्ड देना (daṇḍ denā). See Avenge meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is avenge?
- Avenge can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce avenge?
- Avenge is pronounced /əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/.
- What is the past tense of avenge?
- The past tense of avenge is avenged.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: avenge (page history and authors); avenge (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); প্রতিশোধ দেওয়া (Bengali) (page history and authors); avenge (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); avenge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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