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Synonyms for ravishment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rav-ish-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ɪʃ mənt

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Définition of ravishment

Origin : 1530s, from Middle French ravissement (14c.), from ravir (see ravish).

As in joy : noun great happiness, pleasure
As in rapture : noun extreme happiness and delight in something
As in sexual assault : noun sex crime
As in transport : noun delight
As in violation : noun rape, defilement
As in ecstasy : noun bliss
As in glamour : noun sophisticated style

Example sentences :

I could not hear him speak so; it killed me to all but a ravishment of fear.
Extract from : « Charles Auchester, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Elizabeth Sheppard

The ravishment of her beauty and her charm held him speechless.
Extract from : « Romances of Old Japan » by Yei Theodora Ozaki

But how am I to describe to you the peace and ravishment of that face?
Extract from : « The Dynamiter » by Robert Louis Stevenson

I have wrestled with the glaukous-haired Poseidon, and feared his ravishment.
Extract from : « Oscar Wilde » by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby

His ravishment had suffered a sharp natural decline reflected in a mental gloom.
Extract from : « Cytherea » by Joseph Hergesheimer

Oberon accuses Titania with being in love with Theseus and assisting him in the ravishment of antique beauties.
Extract from : « Shakspere, Personal Recollections » by John A. Joyce

He drove into a town royally decorated, and still humming with the ravishment of the Tory entrance.
Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

She knew how eloquent Barode Barouche could be; she knew how his voice had all the ravishment of silver bells to the unsuspecting.
Extract from : « Carnac's Folly, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

In his ravishment he failed to note the satirical remarks and jealous glances of Genevive.
Extract from : « The Mystery of the Lost Dauphin » by Emilia Pardo Bazn

But the disgrace of this ravishment of our wife during our hours of carelessness, hath stained us, to be sure.
Extract from : « The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 » by Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

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