vendetta
vendetta
Definition
ven·detta (ven det′ə)
noun
- a feud in which the relatives of a murdered or wronged person seek vengeance on the murderer or wrongdoer or on members of that person's family
- any bitter quarrel or feud
Etymology: It < L vindicta, vengeance: see vindictive
ven·det′·tist noun
vendetta
Synonyms
vendetta
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- pursue: I don't pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.
- wage: In fact: Labor has abolished the assisted places scheme and waged a vendetta against Britain's grammar schools.
- have: To put the record straight: Financial Mail has no vendetta against Lloyds TSB.
- conduct: Smith had been tempting fate by conducting a personal vendetta against Alpay.
- continue: James continued the vendettas himself, destroying the power of the once mighty Black Douglases.
- become: When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta, the young hero will have no choice.
Preposition: against
- man: The Law Commission has pandered to the destructive agenda of a radical feminist minister who appears to be pursuing a spiteful vendetta against men.
- people: Claims from organizations like the Countryside Alliance that the Government is carrying out a vendetta against the people of the country are ludicrous.
- powermongers: He's also on a vendetta against the evil powermongers who made him the lonely monster he is.
Adjective modifier
- personal: It was almost as if she had a personal vendetta against the machine, but she was a very pleasant lady.
- private: This forum system is not a venue for personal or private vendetta 's.
- petty: The amount of public money wasted by the crown prosecution service in pursuing their petty vendetta was not revealed.
- global: It was all part of the same global vendetta.
- old: Old vendettas never die and with the first democratic elections imminent, there are some very dangerous people in town.
- pathetic: And what's with your pathetic vendetta against Wire readers?
Modifies a noun
- killing: With the collapse of communism in 1991 and the subsequent lack of nationwide law and order, the number of vendetta killings has soared.
Noun used with modifier
- family: Here family vendettas were rife and houses were built with ever higher fortifications.
