ravish
Meaning of ravish
verb
- 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’.
Information about ravish
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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:
Meaning an opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place:
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 (according to some millenarian teaching) transport (a believer) from earth to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ:
Translation of ravish
- Spanish: violar, forzar, cautivar, encantar
- French: forcer, violer, violenter, charmer
- German: schänden, vergewaltigen, bezaubern
- Italian: violare, stuprare, violentare, rapire, incantare, ammaliare, affascinare
- Portuguese: estuprar, violentar, encantar
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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