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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 takenplay

  Familiarity information: UNAVENGED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNAVENGED (adjective)


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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