ravishing
adjective
[ ˈravɪʃɪŋ ]
• delightful; entrancing.
• "she looked ravishing"
Similar:
very beautiful,
gorgeous,
stunning,
wonderful,
exquisite,
lovely,
striking,
magnificent,
dazzling,
radiant,
delightful,
charming,
enchanting,
entrancing,
captivating,
bewitching,
incredible,
amazing,
sensational,
fantastic,
fabulous,
terrific,
heavenly,
divine,
out of this world,
fab,
drop-dead gorgeous,
knockout,
delectable,
scrumptious,
smashing,
babelicious,
bodacious,
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"
Similar:
enrapture,
send into raptures,
enchant,
fill with delight,
delight,
charm,
entrance,
enthral,
captivate,
bewitch,
spellbind,
fascinate,
transport,
overjoy,
blow away,
rapture,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French raviss-, lengthened stem of ravir, from an alteration of Latin rapere ‘seize’.
