Dictionary Definition
ravish
Verb
1 force (someone) to have sex against their will;
"The woman was raped on her way home at night" [syn: rape, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage]
2 hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
Translations
To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch
by force
- Finnish: kaapata
To transport with joy or delight; to delight to
ecstasy
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abuse,
adulterate, alloy, assault sexually, becharm, betray, bewitch, canker, captivate, carry away,
charm, cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, deceive, defile, deflorate, deflower, degenerate, degrade, delectate, delight, denature, deprave, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devalue, devirginate, distort, enchant, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, fleece, forage, foray, force, freak out, freeboot, gut, imparadise, infect, knock dead, knock out,
lead astray, loot, maraud, mislead, misuse, outrage, pervert, pillage, plunder, poison, pollute, possess sexually, prey
on, prostitute,
raid, ransack, rape, ravage, raven, reive, rifle, ruin, sack, seduce, send, slay, soil, spellbind, spoil, spoliate, sully, sweep, taint, take, thrill, tickle, tickle pink, titillate, trance, transport, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, wow