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ravishing

American  
[rav-i-shing] / ˈræv ɪ ʃɪŋ /

adjective

  1. extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.

ravishing British  
/ ˈrævɪʃɪŋ /

adjective

  1. delightful; lovely; entrancing

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Usage

What else does ravishing mean? Content warning: this article contains sexual language.Someone, usually a woman, called ravishing is "stunningly beautiful."To ravish someone historically meant to "plunder" or "violently seize and rape a woman," but in contemporary speech it refers to wanting passionate, consensual intercourse with a person.

Other Word Forms

  • ravishingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of ravishing

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; ravish, -ing 1

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