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unavenged

unavenged adjective: not avenged.

Adjective

unavenged (comparative more unavenged, superlative most unavenged)

  1. Not avenged.
    • No wonder Miss Howard had suggested “hushing it up.” Now I understood that unfinished sentence of hers: “Emily herself——” And in my heart I agreed with her. Would not Mrs. Inglethorp have preferred to go unavenged rather than have such terrible dishonour fall upon the name of Cavendish.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 129

Forms of unavenged

comparativemore unavenged
superlativemost unavenged

Origin of unavenged

From un- + avenged.

Questions about unavenged

What does unavenged mean?
Unavenged means not avenged.
What part of speech is unavenged?
Unavenged is an adjective.

Words near unavenged in the dictionary

  1. unavailingly
  2. unavailingness
  3. unavaricious
  4. unavariciously
  5. unavengeable
  6. unavenged
  7. unavenging
  8. unavenued
  9. unaverage
  10. unaveraged
  11. unaverred

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