What does ravishingly mean?

: unusually attractive, pleasing, or striking.

Is ravishingly a word?

adj. Extremely attractive; entrancing. rav′ish·ing·ly adv.

What does it mean to ravish a woman?

To ravish is to take someone by force, to force someone to engage in sexual intercourse or to experience extreme happiness. When you kidnap a child by force, this is an example of ravish. When a girl is raped, this is an example of ravish.

Is Ravishing a bad word?

The adjective ravishing describes something or someone of exceptional beauty. If you say the dress your friend picked for the prom is ravishing, you mean it's beautiful and she looks beautiful in it. The adjective ravishing comes from the verb ravish, which is from the Latin word rapere, meaning to seize.

What does it mean to be ravished?

1a : to seize and take away by violence. b : to overcome with emotion (such as joy or delight) ravished by the scenic beauty.

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Does ravished mean raped?

The verb ravish means to seize, rape, carry away by force, or overwhelm with emotion.

What is the opposite of ravish?

Opposite of to enrapture or delight. depress. disenchant. disgust. displease.

Does ravish mean hungry?

Originally, “raven” as a verb was synonymous with “ravish” in the sense of “to steal by force.” One of its specialized meanings became “devour,” as in “the lion ravened her prey.” By analogy, hungry people became “ravenous” (as hungry as beasts), and that remains the only common use of the word today.

What is the longest word for beautiful?

Pulchritudinous is an adjective that means physically beautiful or attractive.

What can I say instead of handsome?

What does it mean to enrapture someone?

transitive verb. : to fill with delight.

What's a better word for beautiful?

admirable, adorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, captivating, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enthralling, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fetching, fine, foxy, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, inviting ...

How do you use ravishing in a sentence?

What is a word with 11 letters?

Some of the most common 11 letter words include: INFORMATION: Knowledge or facts learn, especially about a certain subject. PROFESSIONS: Jobs and occupations, what people do for a living. COPYRIGHTED: Material that is protected by copyright, a legal right.

What is the most unknown English word?

1. Serendipity. This word appears in numerous lists of untranslatable words and is a mystery mostly for non native speakers of English.

What is the full word of Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl?

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl… isoleucine is the chemical name for the protein of “titin” also known as “connectin.” The largest known protein that consists of 26, 926 amino acids is made up of 189, 819 letters and can take about three hours to pronounce.

What does it mean to titillate someone?

Definition of titillate

transitive verb. 1 : to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation. 2 : tickle sense 1. intransitive verb. : to act as a stimulant to pleasurable excitement.

What is the synonym of lick?

tongue, wet, moisten, wash, clean. taste, lap, slurp. 2'she sat looking into the flames licking round the coal' flicker, play, flick, flit, dart, ripple, dance.

Has been apprised?

Meaning of apprised in English

to tell someone about something: The president has been apprised of the situation. Synonym.

How do you say gorgeous in slang?

How do you say beautiful in slang?

Can you feel rapturous?

This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight. characterized by, attended with, or expressive of such rapture: rapturous praise.

What does enraptured mean in the Bible?

To fill with rapture or delight.