AskDefine | Define ravish

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]

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English

Verb

  1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
  2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
  3. To rape.

Translations

To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force
To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy
To rape

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
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