| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | acrimonious | bitter and angry |
| 2. | admonitory | warning through reprimand |
| 3. | adverse | hostile or unfavorable |
| 4. | aggressive | ready to attack or retaliate |
| 5. | answering back | responding in kind |
| 6. | antagonistic | actively hostile |
| 7. | authoritarian | favoring strict obedience |
| 8. | avenging | taking revenge for wrongs |
| 9. | backlash-driven | driven by retaliatory reaction |
| 10. | belligerent | hostile and aggressive |
| 11. | castigating | punishing or scolding harshly |
| 12. | castigatory | severely critical or punishing |
| 13. | chastening | intended to discipline or humble |
| 14. | chastising | rebuking or punishing |
| 15. | coercive | using force or threats |
| 16. | cold-blooded | deliberately ruthless |
| 17. | correctional | focused on correction by punishment |
| 18. | corrective | meant to correct wrongdoing |
| 19. | counterstriking | striking back |
| 20. | cruel | causing pain deliberately |
| 21. | desert-based | based on what is deserved |
| 22. | desert-giving | giving what is deserved |
| 23. | deserved | rightly earned by conduct |
| 24. | disciplinary | meant to correct through punishment |
| 25. | disciplining | imposing corrective punishment |
| 26. | draconian | extremely harsh |
| 27. | evening-the-score | getting revenge |
| 28. | eye-for-an-eye | repaying harm equally |
| 29. | getting even | taking revenge |
| 30. | grudge-bearing | holding a grudge |
| 31. | grudgeful | full of grudges |
| 32. | hard-nosed | tough and unsentimental |
| 33. | hardline | taking a strict stance |
| 34. | harsh | stern and punitive |
| 35. | implacable | unable to be appeased |
| 36. | inexorable | unyielding and relentless |
| 37. | just deserts | deserved punishment |
| 38. | justice-seeking | seeking deserved punishment |
| 39. | karmic | bringing deserved consequences |
| 40. | lash-back | a retaliatory response |
| 41. | lashing | striking back in punishment |
| 42. | merciless | showing no mercy |
| 43. | militant | aggressively active |
| 44. | nemesian | bringing just punishment |
| 45. | nemesic | relating to deserved punishment |
| 46. | oppressive | cruelly harsh or burdensome |
| 47. | opprobrious | harshly condemning and punitive |
| 48. | ordalic | involving punitive ordeal |
| 49. | out for revenge | seeking revenge |
| 50. | out to punish | seeking to punish |
| 51. | paying back | retaliating for a wrong |
| 52. | penal | relating to punishment |
| 53. | penalizing | subjecting to punishment |
| 54. | penalty-driven | driven by penalties |
| 55. | pitiless | without pity |
| 56. | punishing | inflicting punishment |
| 57. | punishment-heavy | strongly focused on punishment |
| 58. | punishment-led | guided mainly by punishment |
| 59. | punishment-oriented | focused on punishment |
| 60. | punishmental | serving to punish |
| 61. | punitive | intended to punish |
| 62. | punitory | serving as punishment |
| 63. | quarrelsome | prone to fighting |
| 64. | recompensing | repaying for actions |
| 65. | repaying | giving back in return |
| 66. | reprisal-based | based on retaliation |
| 67. | reprisal-minded | inclined toward retaliation |
| 68. | requiting | repaying a wrong |
| 69. | retaliation-minded | inclined to retaliate |
| 70. | retaliative | tending to retaliate |
| 71. | retaliatory | done in retaliation |
| 72. | retortive | given to sharp retaliation |
| 73. | retributory | serving as punishment or revenge |
| 74. | returning fire | striking back |
| 75. | revenge-charged | charged with revenge |
| 76. | revenge-minded | thinking about revenge |
| 77. | revenge-seeking | seeking revenge |
| 78. | revengeful | wanting revenge |
| 79. | revenging | taking vengeance |
| 80. | sanction-based | based on penalties |
| 81. | sanctioning | imposing a penalty |
| 82. | score-settling | seeking to get even |
| 83. | settling scores | taking revenge for past wrongs |
| 84. | severe | harsh in punishment |
| 85. | stern | strict and severe |
| 86. | strict | demanding obedience and punishment |
| 87. | striking back | retaliating physically or verbally |
| 88. | tit-for-tat | answering harm with harm |
| 89. | tough-minded | strict and unsentimental |
| 90. | unforgiving | not willing to forgive |
| 91. | unsparing | showing no mercy |
| 92. | vengeance-bent | determined on revenge |
| 93. | vengeance-driven | motivated by revenge |
| 94. | vengeance-laden | filled with revenge |
| 95. | vengeance-minded | inclined toward revenge |
| 96. | vengeful | seeking revenge |
| 97. | venomous | full of malice |
| 98. | vindictive | showing a desire for revenge |
| 99. | warlike | inclined toward conflict |
| 100. | wrathful | full of angry vengeance |