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Ravishing means unusually attractive, pleasing, or striking. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of ravishing from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
adjective. literary uk / ˈræv.ɪ.ʃɪŋ / us / ˈræv.ɪ.ʃɪŋ / Add to word list. very beautiful: She looked ravishing/She was a ravishing sight in her wedding dress. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attractive. adorable. adorably. adorbs. aesthetically. delicate. disarmingly. distinguished. dreamy. lovable. lovably. loveliness. lovely.
If you describe someone or something as ravishing, you mean that they are very beautiful.
Someone, usually a woman, called ravishing is “stunningly beautiful.” To ravish someone historically meant to “plunder” or “violently seize and rape a woman,” but in contemporary speech it refers to wanting passionate, consensual intercourse with a person.
1. a. : to seize and take away by violence. b. : to overcome with emotion (such as joy or delight) ravished by the scenic beauty. c. : rape entry 1 sense 1. 2. : plunder, rob. ravisher noun. ravishment. ˈra-vish-mənt. noun. Synonyms. assault. force. rape. violate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of ravish in a Sentence.
The adjective ravishing describes something or someone of exceptional beauty. If you say the dress your friend picked for the prom is ravishing, you mean it's beautiful and she looks beautiful in it.
verb (used with object) to fill with strong emotion, especially joy. Synonyms: captivate, delight, enthrall, transport, enrapture. to seize and carry off by force. to carry off (a woman) by force. to rape (a woman). ravish.
