vengeful 1. Having or showing a strong desire for revenge. 2. Avenging; serving the purpose of revenge or resulting from someone's desire for revenge. 3. Desiring vengeance; vindictive. 4. Etymology: formed on analogy of revengeful from the obsolete verb venge; from Old French venger; from Latin vindicare, 'to demand, to lay, to claim to, to ass... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2458/8