vendetta
[noun]
Synonyms: feud, bad blood, quarrel

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Related Words: dispute, quarrel, rhubarb, row, wrangle, conflict, fight, set-to, blood feud, blood vengeance

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ven‧det‧ta /venˈdetə/ noun
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Italian; Origin: 'vengeance', from Latin vindicta; ⇒ vindictive]

1. [countable] a situation in which one person or group tries for a long time to harm another person
vendetta against
He accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him.
the victim of a political vendetta

2. [uncountable and countable] a long violent argument between two groups or people, especially one that is about something that happened in the past Synonym : feud:
The two sides have been engaged in a bitter private vendetta.
vendetta between
vendettas between rival gangs

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

vendetta
noun
ADJ. personal, political
VERB + VENDETTA conduct, pursue, run
PREP. ~ against For years he pursued a vendetta against the Morris family.

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