vendetta

«vendetta» in Mova's school dictionary: A long, bitter quarrel between two families in which they… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a vendetta, vendettas)

meaning for a pupil

1) A long, bitter quarrel between two families in which they keep taking revenge on each other, sometimes violently. tree →

2) A long campaign by one person to harm or annoy another person they dislike. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories, history and the news. It tells the reader that the anger is personal and goes on for a long time, often for no fair reason. The word came from Italian, where it means revenge. Phrases: "a vendetta against", "carry on a vendetta", "a personal vendetta".

examples

• The two families had a vendetta that lasted a hundred years. tree →
• He seemed to have a personal vendetta against the referee. tree →
• In the story, the vendetta ended when the children of both families became friends. tree →
• The teacher said it was not a vendetta; she was just being fair. tree →
• Old vendettas can make a village an unhappy place. tree →
• She dropped her vendetta and said sorry. tree →

note

Countable: a vendetta, two vendettas. It comes from Italian. A vendetta is not just one argument; it is long and about getting even. Taking revenge usually makes problems worse, which is what many stories about vendettas teach.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vendetta» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.