- ravishing
- adjective Date: 14th century unusually attractive, pleasing, or striking • ravishingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ravishing
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Ravishing — Rav ish*ing, a. Rapturous; transporting. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ravishing — index attractive, provocative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ravishing — [adj] attractive adorable, alluring, appealing, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charming, dazzling, enchanting, enticing, glamorous, good looking, gorgeous, handsome, inviting, lovely, luring, pleasing, pretty, radiant, seductive, stunning,… … New thesaurus
ravishing — [rav′ishiŋ] adj. causing great joy or delight; entrancing ravishingly adv … English World dictionary
ravishing — [[t]ræ̱vɪʃɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone or something as ravishing, you mean that they are very beautiful. [LITERARY] She looked ravishing. ...driving through the ravishing scenery of Cumbria and Yorkshire. Derived words: ravishingly… … English dictionary
ravishing — rav|ish|ing [ˈrævıʃıŋ] adj literary very beautiful = ↑stunning ▪ She looked ravishing. ▪ a ravishing smile >ravishingly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
ravishing — {{11}}ravishing (adj.) enchanting, early 15c., from prp. of RAVISH (Cf. ravish) (v.). The notion is of carrying off from earth to heaven. {{12}}ravishing (n.) act of plundering, c.1300, verbal noun from RAVISH (Cf. ravish) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
Ravishing — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ravishing — adjective Extremely beautiful Every time I get into a conversation with this ravishing girl, I want it to last forever … Wiktionary
ravishing — rav|ish|ing [ rævıʃıŋ ] adjective LITERARY very beautiful: You look ravishing in that red jacket. ╾ rav|ish|ing|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ravishing — adjective very beautiful: ravishing good looks ravishingly adverb: a ravishingly pretty young woman … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
