ravishing

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. stunningly beautiful“a ravishing blonde”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ravishing \Rav"ish*ing\, a. Rapturous; transporting. [1913 Webster]
Ravish \Rav"ish\ (r[a^]v"[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished (-[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.]

1.To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. [1913 Webster]

These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
This hand shall ravish thy pretended right.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Thou hast ravished my heart.— Cant. iv. 9.[1913 Webster]

3.To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflower; force. [1913 Webster]

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