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UNAVENGED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unavenged mean?
• UNAVENGED (adjective)
The adjective UNAVENGED has 1 sense:
1. for which vengeance has not been taken
Familiarity information: UNAVENGED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
For which vengeance has not been taken
Classified under:
Participial adjectives
Context example:
an unavenged murder
Antonym:
avenged (for which vengeance has been taken)
Participle:
avenge (take revenge for a perceived wrong)
Context examples
Young Openshaw shall not long remain unavenged.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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