to ravish

Examples

• All

• We light up when Vodou scholar Laennec Hurbon faxes his pleasure with the catalogue, saying it leaves him "ravished."

  Academic text (1996)

• You look ravishing tonight.

  I'm Not Ashamed (2016)

• But they ravish you with attention in the beginning, and then once we have babies, we become the mom and they get sick of us.

  Marriage Story (2019)

• You look ravishing this evening.

  Corpse Bride (2005)

• Even the wind had not stirred a hair on her ravishing head.

  Fiction book (1999)

• "And this ravishing young lady," he heard Payton say, "is his wife, Temple Stuart."

  Fiction book (1994)

• You both look ravishing.

  The Slipper and the Rose (1976)

• Through all the gloom, through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light.

  1776 (1972)

• I am ravished by the beauty of the great pagoda, like that "stately pleasure dome" Coleridge imagined.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The view was ravishing; now in September, lovely spreading live oaks cast their wide lacy shadows on yellowed grassy slopes that here and there were creased with dark ravines.

  Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

D

to delight

vsto ravish

79 2.1

To please someone very much

means a deeper, intense enchantment that leaves one spellbound

T

to transport

vsto ravish

• Archaic

37 7.5

To make someone feel very happy or excited

includes the idea of enchantment and being held captivated

E

to enthrall

vsto ravish

20 6.8

To hold someone's full attention by being very interesting

leans more toward intense delight rather than only attention

E

to enchant

vsto ravish

17 4.8

To make someone feel very pleased and amazed as if by magic

signals a stronger overpowering delight that holds someone captive

E

to enrapture

vsto ravish

• Literature

6 7.8

To make someone feel very happy and amazed

emphasizes magical enchantment and being held completely captivated

S

to spellbind

vsto ravish

1 7.0

To hold people completely interested as if by magic

adds stronger joyful intensity and lasting captivation

E

to enthral

vsto ravish

• US

7.2

Hold someone's attention completely and make them feel very interested

focuses more on strong delight and enchantment than mere attention

Antonyms

D

to disappoint

492 1.0

Fail to do what someone hoped for

B

to bore

15 1.4

To make someone feel tired or not interested by being dull when you speak

How Delighted

to ravish

• Literature

6 8.7

to enrapture

• Literature

6 7.8

to enchant

17 4.8

to please

216 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology