ravish

Definition

  • verb: to fill (someone) with pleasure, joy, or happiness
  • verb: to seize and take away by violence
  • usually used as '(be) ravished'
  • synonyms: violate, deflower, enrapture

Examples

  • She 'was ravished' by the country's beauty.

  • He 'was ravished' by her charm.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Osmund. Osmund? What troubles you? - We're to become beasts. We must become more than beasts if we are to triumph here. I see no evil here, just a simple village that has not yet been ravished. Leave a suffering to your heart daunt your senses. Sir, how would you know, you have no heart to suffer. (..)
    2010 Black Death
  • (..) We've exchanged plenty of fluids. Ohh. Hey, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. Toothpaste. It's not toothpaste. I'm ravished. No. Mm. Go get it. - I have to take this. - Ohh. (..)
    2013 TvShow: House of Cards Title: Chapter 2 Season: 1 Episode 2
  • (..) He's supposed to go find kati and is. It's getting late, and i'm losing heat. Well, you look ravishing. If i were your man, i wouldn't need clues to find you. Or to ravish me, i'm sure. Who is (blair) probably some bitch from chapin. Hot bitch from chapin. Forget her. Go get nate. (..)
    2007 TvShow: Gossip Girl Title: The Handmaiden's Tale Season: 1 Episode 6