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revenged

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A past-tense verb meaning to have taken vengeance or secured justice, often carrying moral or tragic weight in narrative poetry.

Detailed Definition
In older or literary English, revenged can mean to have taken revenge or to have exacted punishment for a wrong. Here it appears in a forceful declaration of emotional retaliation, giving the speaker’s bitterness a formal, elevated tone.
Example
Example in poetry:
“’Tis well: I am revenged at last,” using the past participle for vengeance achieved; Shakespeare’s Shylock demands revenge in The Merchant of Venice; “revenged” can signal tragic satisfaction rather than justice; a modern speaker might say “I felt revenged when the truth surfaced”
Additional Notes
The form in “I am revenged” is literary and less common in modern everyday speech than the usual “avenged.”; Found in the poem, Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Also Known As
avenged retaliated recompensed redressed
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