verb
definition
To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
definition
(usually passive) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
definition
To rape.
noun
definition
An act of ravishment.
adjective
definition
Extremely beautiful
example
Every time I get into a conversation with this ravishing girl, I want it to last forever.
Examples of ravishing in a Sentence
That was the first time he had ever neglected to tell her how ravishing she was.
No human being, since the world began, has ever looked more ravishing.
No matter the style of dress you choose, if it's in the wrong color, you'll end up looking ghastly rather than ravishing.
With its low cut back and fully lined fabric, you'll look ravishing in this swimsuit.
Well, pair that rhinestone look with a ravishing, fire-engine red frame and you'll kick your entire look up a notch.
In magical combinations, the lute and harp-playing by Robert Phillips and William Taylor produce the most ravishing, resonant sound.
An odd, intense, haunting and visually ravishing film.
Its ravishing harmony was reminiscent of modern Israeli music.
Of course, the traditional colors of brown, grey and black will always be in style, but why not punch up your wardrobe a bit with a juicy orange laptop bag or a ravishing purple handbag?
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Listened to again some eleven years later it actually sounds rather ravishing.
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At once she was caught in a web of ravishing music and dazzled by a panorama of lights and colors.
The differences in attitudes and styles of East and West are skilfully woven together in Puccini 's ravishing score.
The blues are electric, the reds, ravishing.
Red hair is ravishing no matter what time of year it is.
Blondes look great in deep browns, brunettes ravishing in sultry plums and redheads kick up some heat in bewitching greens.
That's exactly what you'll get with this ravishing bikini.
If gold feathered earrings seem like a bit much on a hot sunny beach day, then consider big, bold bracelets in look-at-me colors like peach coral, sultry purple or ravishing red.
They take lovers from among men, and are often described as of delicate, unearthly, ravishing beauty.
Nik and Mrs fiend remain a nefarious nucleus, able to attract the finest in contributing satellites for their ravishing reverberations.
We were waited on by five or six country girls of ravishing beauty, dressed with exquisite neatness.
Sparkly lids and thick, bold lines are ravishing when your dress is dark and classic.
Sex makes me ravishing.