'With a vengeance' definitions:
Definition of 'With a vengeance'
From: GCIDE
- Vengeance \Venge"ance\, n. [F. vengeance, fr. venger to avenge, L. vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge, fr. vindex a claimant, defender, avenger, the first part of which is of uncertain origin, and the last part akin to dicere to say. See Diction, and cf. Avenge, Revenge, Vindicate.]
- 1. Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge. [1913 Webster]
- To me belongeth vengeance and recompense. --Deut. xxxii. 35. [1913 Webster]
- To execute fierce vengeance on his foes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Harm; mischief. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- What a vengeance, or What the vengeance, what! -- emphatically. [Obs.] "But what a vengeance makes thee fly!" --Hudibras. "What the vengeance! Could he not speak 'em fair?" --Shak.
- With a vengeance, (a) with great violence; as, to strike with a vengeance. [Colloq.] (b) with even greater intensity; as, to return one's insult with a vengeance. [1913 Webster + PJC]
Synonyms of 'with a vengeance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a outrance,
- a toute outrance,
- absolutely,
- all hollow,
- all out,
- all the way,
- all to pieces,
- beyond all bounds,
- beyond compare,
- beyond comparison,
- beyond measure,
- cogently,
- completely,
- dead,
- downright,
- dynamically,
- effectively,
- effectually,
- energetically,
- essentially,
- extremely,
- fiercely,
- flat out,
- forcefully,
- forcibly,
- fundamentally,
- furiously,
- immeasurably,
- in the extreme,
- incalculably,
- indefinitely,
- infinitely,
- like blazes,
- like fury,
- like mad,
- madly,
- mightily,
- most,
- perfectly,
- potently,
- powerfully,
- productively,
- purely,
- radically,
- rigorously,
- severely,
- strikingly,
- tellingly,
- to a fare-you-well,
- to good account,
- to good purpose,
- to the backbone,
- to the full,
- to the limit,
- to the marrow,
- to the skies,
- to the sky,
- to the utmost,
- totally,
- unconditionally,
- unequivocally,
- utterly,
- vehemently,
- venomously,
- vigorously,
- violently,
- virulently,
- wildly,
- with telling effect