Antonyms for ravishment
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : rav-ish-muh nt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræv ɪʃ mənt |
- apathy
- boredom
- building
- calmness
- coldness
- construction
- coolness
- creation
- depression
- despair
- discouragement
- disinterest
- dislike
- dissatisfaction
- drab
- dullness
- gloom
- hate
- hatred
- hell
- honor
- idle
- indifference
- melancholy
- misery
- mourning
- need
- obedience
- observance
- piety
- plainness
- remain
- repulsion
- reverence
- sadness
- seriousness
- sorrow
- stay
- torment
- trouble
- ugliness
- unhappiness
- upset
- vocation
- want
- woe
- work
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for ravishment
- alleviation
- allure
- allurement
- amusement
- animal magnetism
- animation
- appeal
- ardor
- assault
- at-oneness
- attraction
- beatitude
- beauty
- bewitchment
- blasphemy
- blessedness
- bliss
- buoyancy
- carnal abuse
- charisma
- charm
- cheer
- cloud nine
- color
- comfort
- communion
- contentment
- cool
- date rape
- debasement
- defacement
- defacing
- degradation
- delectation
- delight
- delirium
- desecration
- destruction
- devastation
- dishonor
- diversion
- ebullience
- ecstasy
- elation
- Elysium
- enchantment
- enjoyment
- enthusiasm
- euphoria
- exaltation
- exhilaration
- exultation
- exulting
- fascination
- felicity
- fervor
- festivity
- forcible intercourse
- frenzy
- frolic
- fruition
- gaiety
- gem
- gladness
- glee
- glory
- good humor
- good spirits
- gratification
- grope
- happiness
- heaven
- hilarity
- humor
- indulgence
- inspiration
- interest
- intoxication
- invasion
- jewel
- joy
- joyfulness
- jubilance
- jubilation
- liveliness
- luxury
- magnetism
- merriment
- mirth
- mistreatment
- molestation
- nirvana
- outrage
- paradise
- passion
- pleasure
- pollution
- prestige
- pride
- pride and joy
- prize
- profanation
- rape
- rapine
- rapture
- ravishment
- razzle-dazzle
- refreshment
- regalement
- rejoicing
- revelry
- rhapsody
- romance
- ruin
- sacrilege
- satisfaction
- seventh heaven
- sex crime
- sexual abuse
- sexual offense
- solace
- spell
- spoliation
- sport
- star quality
- trance
- transport
- treasure
- treat
- twilight zone
- unlawful sexual intercourse
- violation
- well-being
- wonder
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