ravished
Meaning of ravished
verb, past tense
- seize and carry off (someone) by force.
there is no assurance that her infant child will not be ravished from her breast
- 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’.
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Hyphenation of ravished
rav-ished
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- ravished is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ravished synonyms
Meaning give intense pleasure or joy to:
Meaning fill (someone) with great delight; charm:
Meaning please (someone) greatly:
Meaning delight greatly:
Meaning an opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place:
Meaning capture the fascinated attention of:
Meaning attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm:
Meaning enchant and delight (someone):
Meaning hold the complete attention of (someone) as though by magic; fascinate:
Meaning attract the strong attention and interest of (someone):
Meaning overwhelm (someone) with a strong emotion, especially joy:
Meaning (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ:
Anagrams of ravished
Words that rhyme with ravished
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