Clues for the word "REVENGE"
We've had 47 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 79 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on June 22, 2026.
Definition of revenge
- v. t. - To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; -- followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.
- v. t. - To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously.
- v. i. - To take vengeance; -- with
- n. - The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
- n. - The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury.
Referring Clues
- Whodunit motive, perhaps
- Crime motive
- Wronged person's cry
- It's sweet, it's said
- Opposite of forgiveness
- A dish best served cold, it's said
- "A kind of wild justice": Bacon
- Payback
- Whodunit motive
- Whodunit motive, maybe
- Carrie's motivation
- Whodunit plot device
- Crime motive, sometimes
- Whodunit motive, often
- Common motive
- "A dish best served cold"
- Retribution
- Dish best served cold, so it's said
- Goal of the Sith and a bunch of nerds
- Goal of the Sith
- Emily VanCamp series
- Tennyson ballad "The ___ "
- Common crime drama theme
- ABC drama set in the Hamptons
- Lorenzo Lamas series
- An eye for an eye
- Eye for an eye, so to speak
- It's behind many whodunits
- Crime motive, perhaps
- Malicious retaliation
- Act of retaliation
- Press the accelerator (in/out) - that's sweet!
- Should tax system turn out for good, result could be sweet
- Dish best served cold ending in cooker, still, say, rising
- Apparently sweet thing in mother, even gentler
- Grenville's ship is sweet, it's said
- A 3 a 2 they say?
- Retaliation, say, not uprising
- Retaliation
- "___ of the Nerds"
- Classic motive
- It's taken when Reg, being mad, is out to get even
- Whodunit motive, sometimes
- Film sequel word
- Vindictive one's quest
- Even Reg is wrong about retribution
- It's taken when Reg, being angry, is out to get even
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - June 22, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 16, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 09, 2026
- Daily American - December 11, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 10, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - October 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 06, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 23, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - March 08, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 09, 2024
- Your Life Choices - January 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 13, 2023
- Daily American - December 11, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 03, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 23, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - April 13, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - February 16, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - December 01, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - September 01, 2022
- Your Life Choices - July 18, 2022
- Daily Quick - June 21, 2022
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