All 3 Uses of
vengeance
in
Middlemarch
- That prospect was made the sweeter by a flavor of vengeance against the hasty sneers of Carp & Company; for even when Mr. Casaubon was carrying his taper among the tombs of the past, those modern figures came athwart the dim light, and interrupted his diligent exploration.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- We should have a witches' brewing with a vengeance then—'Mingle, mingle, mingle, mingle, You that mingle may'—and nobody would know which side he was going to take."†
Chpt 5 (definition 2) *
- He tossed his head and thrust his hands deep into his pockets with a sort of vengeance.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1) *
Definitions:
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(1) (vengeance as in: vengeance is mine) the act of taking revenge
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.)
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(2) (with a vengeance as in: with a vengeance) with intensity