vengeance

Infliction of punishment in return for a wrong committed; retribution.

(with a vengeance) With great violence or force.

(with a vengeance) To an extreme degree.

Extremely; very.

Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense.

Harm, mischief, or evil generally: formerly often used as an imprecation, especially in the phrase what a (the) vengeance!

Synonyms 1. Retribution, Retaliation, etc. See revenge.

Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; — often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge.

Harm; mischief.

what! — emphatically.