Dictionary Entry
avenge
avenge is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To take vengeance for; to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- 2transitive verb
To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
- 3intransitive verb
To take vengeance.
- 4noun
Vengeance; revenge.
- 5verb
take revenge for a perceived wrong
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
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