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# vendetta

noun (a vendetta, vendettas)

«vendetta» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A long, bitter quarrel between two families in which they keep taking revenge on each other, sometimes violently. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/#m1)
2. A long campaign by one person to harm or annoy another person they dislike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/#x1)
- He seemed to have a personal vendetta against the referee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/#x2)
- In the story, the vendetta ended when the children of both families became friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/#x3)
- The teacher said it was not a vendetta; she was just being fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/#x4)
- Old vendettas can make a village an unhappy place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/#x5)
- She dropped her vendetta and said sorry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vendetta» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendetta/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vendetta» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vendetta.html) on Mova free.