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jeremiad(dictionary)

vengeful (iou) and jeremiad (iou)


vengeful (iou)



vengeful adjective. L16.
[from VENGE + -FUL, after revengeful.]
Of a person: wanting or inclined to take vengeance; vindictive. L16.
Newsweek They find some of his young outriders unruly, undisciplined and vengeful.
b. Of a weapon, hand, etc.: used to inflict vengeance. poet. L16.
Shakespeare 2 Henry VI But here's a vengeful sword, rusted with ease.
Of an action etc.: characterized or prompted by vengeance. M17.
vengefully adverb M19.
vengefulness noun E18.

jeremiad (iou)



jeremiad noun. L18.
[French jeremiade, from Jeremie from ecclesiastical Latin Jeremias Jeremiah (see JEREMIAH), with allus. to the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Bible: see -AD2.]
A lamentation; a list of woes or complaints; a doleful tirade.
D. J. Enright Jeremiads about poor sick England. J. Berman The author..is ready to denounce his own colleagues in a single jeremiad.