Word Meanings - RAVISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. Dryden. 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight

Additional info about word: RAVISH

1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. Dryden. 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. Cant. iv. 9. 3. To have carnal knowledge of by force, and against her consent; to rape. Shak. Syn. -- To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RAVISH)

• Debauch Seduce
• corrupt
• ravish
• violate
• pollute
• defile
• vitiate
• Enrapture
• Beatify
• entrance
• enchant
• fascinate
• bewitch
• captivate
• transport
• charm
• attract
• Violate
• Ravish
• injure
• abuse
• disturb
• hurt
• rape
• outrage
• debauch
• break
• infringe
• profane
• transgress
• disobey

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RAVISH)

• Mend
• repair
• purify
• cleanse
• correct
• ameliorate
• better
• Purify
• enlighten
• elevate
• make better

Related words: (words related to RAVISH)

• BREAKMAN
  See BRAKEMAN
• OUTRAGEOUS
  Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous weeping." Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous
• RAVISHER
  One who ravishes .
• DISOBEYER
  One who disobeys.
• PURIFY
  1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt
• BREAKABLE
  Capable of being broken.
• SEDUCEMENT
  1. The act of seducing. 2. The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting. Pope.
• CORRECTLY
  In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
• VITIATE
  1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. A will vitiated and growth out
• CORRUPTIONIST
  One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.
• CORRUPTIBLE
  1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation.
• CAPTIVATE
  1. To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak. 2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
• TRANSPORTING
  That transports; fig., ravishing. Your transporting chords ring out. Keble.
• SEDUCER
  One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions. He whose firm faith no reason could remove, Will melt before that soft seducer, love. Dryden.
• DEBAUCHMENT
  The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
• ATTRACTABILITY
  The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.
• TRANSPORTAL
  Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin.
• INFRINGER
  One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype.
• TRANSPORTABILITY
  The quality or state of being transportable.
• ATTRACTILE
  Having power to attract.
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• LAWBREAKER
  One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
• MISTRANSPORT
  To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. Bp. Hall.
• INCORRECT
  1. Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope. 2. Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation. 3. Not
• OATHBREAKING
  The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak
• PEACEBREAKER
  One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.