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ravishing

[ rav-i-shing ]

adjective

  1. extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.


ravishing

/ ˈrævɪʃɪŋ /

adjective

  1. delightful; lovely; entrancing


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Derived Forms

  • ˈravishingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • ravish·ing·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ravishing1

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

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Example Sentences

Let there be wine, food, music, and ravishing summer landscapes from Alpine meadows to Riviera beaches.

Nor is the ravishing Iva, who, when introduced to Nina, says, “I want your hair.”

The party is in a ravishing house with a blue tiled pool and slim, tall, swaying palms.

And then there is Carole Lombard, ravishing, sexy, happy, and glorious in her gowns.

In some, waves of silk and ribbon broke over shores of imitation moss from which ravishing hats rose like tropical orchids.

The dressing-room was really a ravishing boudoir hung with pale blue satin, studded with marguerites.

It was interesting to watch the transformation of this rather neglected, commonplace garden into a place of ravishing beauty.

Margaret, ravishing in white lace, sprinkled with little gold butterflies, had taken her place at the head of her table.

Her drenched clothes were an excuse for a new and ravishing toilette.

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