ravish

Meaning of ravish

verb
  1. seize and carry off (someone) by force.
    there is no assurance that her infant child will not be ravished from her breast
  2. fill (someone) with intense delight; enrapture.
    ravished by a sunny afternoon, she had agreed without even thinking

Middle English: from Old French raviss-, lengthened stem of ravir, from an alteration of Latin rapere ‘seize’.

Information about ravish

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of ravish

rav-ish

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • ravish is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

ravish synonyms

Meaning rape:

rape, violate, assault, dishonor, outrage

Meaning enchant:

enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, enthral, delight

Meaning delight greatly:

charm

Meaning an opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place:

entrance

Meaning attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm:

captivate

Meaning enchant and delight (someone):

bewitch

Meaning hold the complete attention of (someone) as though by magic; fascinate:

spellbind

Meaning attract the strong attention and interest of (someone):

fascinate

Meaning (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ:

rapture

Translation of ravish

Words that rhyme with ravish

Vish, Slavish, Tavish, bravish, cavish, chavish, enravish, knavish, lavish, overlavish, overravish, overslavish, slavish, unlavish, beevish, impeevish, peevish, skevish, thievish, unpeevish, unthievish, Livish, fivish, livish, calvish, elvish, wolvish, dovish, dervish, nervish, scurvish, Luvish, mauvish

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