'Vendetta' definitions:
Definition of 'vendetta'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other [syn: vendetta, blood feud]
Definition of 'Vendetta'
From: GCIDE
- Vendetta \Ven*det"ta\, n. [It.]
- 1. A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any feud or contention that is bitter and prolonged; however, the deep enmity may be held by only one party to the dispute; as, the former Mayor nurtured a lifelong vendetta against the candidate who defeated him. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'vendetta'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acrimony,
- altercation,
- animosity,
- animus,
- argument,
- avengement,
- bad blood,
- bicker,
- bitter feeling,
- bitterness,
- blood feud,
- brawl,
- broil,
- conflict,
- contention,
- controversy,
- dispute,
- donnybrook,
- donnybrook fair,
- embroilment,
- enmity,
- feud,
- fight,
- fliting,
- fracas,
- fuss,
- getting even,
- hard feelings,
- hatred,
- ill blood,
- ill feeling,
- ill will,
- imbroglio,
- logomachy,
- open quarrel,
- polemic,
- quarrel,
- rancor,
- reprisal,
- retaliation,
- revanche,
- revanchism,
- revenge,
- rhubarb,
- rivalry,
- row,
- set-to,
- sharp words,
- slanging match,
- snarl,
- soreness,
- sourness,
- spat,
- squabble,
- strife,
- sweet revenge,
- tiff,
- tussle,
- vengeance,
- venom,
- virulence,
- vitriol,
- words,
- wrangle