Antonyms for ravishing
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rav-i-shing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ɪ ʃɪŋ |
Definition of ravishing
Origin :- "act of plundering," c.1300, verbal noun from ravish (v.).
- adj attractive
- The girl was rather short, but of a slender elegance of form that was ravishing.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The rewards they bestow are sweet, and ravishing, and indescribable.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- "He is only twenty-one and divinely beautiful," said Cassy, with a ravishing gesture.
- Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
- You really must be in love with that young woman; she is ravishing.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Nothing for it but the wood and cave and the ravishing of the Ben Bhuidhe wolves.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- All the promises of ages, all the signs of sacred sages, meet in this ravishing hour.
- Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
- A ravishing perfume, which was ever changing, wandered through the apartment.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
- If they tak to ravishing and rieving the master's plenishins I canna help it.
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- He has his Mother's ravishing smile; his Father's steadfast eyes.
- Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- She was a ravishing houri of the harem, and I gasped a little at the change.
- Extract from : « Valley of the Croen » by Lee Tarbell
Synonyms for ravishing
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