1. имя существительное 1) месть, мщение, отмщение Например: sweet revenge — сладкая месть in revenge — в отместку to exact / get / have / take revenge (up)on somebody — мстить кому-либо Синоним(ы): vengeance 2) реванш Например: to give somebody his revenge — дать кому-либо возможность отыграться 2. глагол мстить, отомстить, отплатить Например: to revenge an insult — отомстить за оскорбление to revenge oneself (up)on somebody for something — отомстить кому-либо за что-либо Hamlet revenged his father's death on his uncle. — Гамлет отомстил дяде за смерть отца. Синоним(ы): avenge, get back, get even, pay back, pay off, pay out, retaliate, serve out
I. transitive verb (revenged; revenging) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French revenger, revengier, from re- + venger to avenge — more at vengeance 1. to avenge (as oneself) usually by retaliating in kind or degree 2. to inflict injury in return for Example: revenge an insult • revenger noun II. noun Etymology: Middle French revenge, revenche, from revengier, revenchier to revenge 1. a desire for revenge Example: motivated by revenge 2. an act or instance of retaliating in order to get even Example: plotted her revenge 3. an opportunity for getting satisfaction Example: sought revenge through a rematch