as in beautiful
very pleasing to look at
the hotel offers rooms with a ravishing view of the ocean
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as in violating
to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent
invaders guilty of murdering and ravishing villagers
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as in pleasing
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
travelers have long been ravished with wonder and awe by the immensity of the Great Pyramid at Giza
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Recent Examples of ravishing
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Adam Friedland is this era’s Rodney Dangerfield, if Dangerfield trained his sights on politics and had a ravishing head of hair.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The star wowed red carpet onlookers in this ravishing and revealing shredded gown from Christian Dior.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Spicy and ravishing, everything from your charisma to your creative spark will be impossible to deny.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Adam Friedland is this era’s Rodney Dangerfield, if Dangerfield trained his sights on politics and had a ravishing head of hair.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
First of all, each and every one of the 90 rooms has ravishing views.
—Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The star wowed red carpet onlookers in this ravishing and revealing shredded gown from Christian Dior.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravishing
Adjective
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Her elegant collaboration was a reminder that the world has long created the kinds of crises that threaten our stability today, and a good artist finds a way to make work that shows us a way through it, even if the answer is as simple as making something beautiful.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Prepare for the muse to arrive in strange and beautiful ways during Pisces season.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Ramsey Orta, who famously recorded the police chokehold killing of Eric Garner in 2014, is back in legal hot water, accused of violating his supervised release in a gun case by assaulting two men in a Brooklyn smoke shop last July.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Rice was suspended for six games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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And no matter how formal or casual the gathering, every host is always looking for an easy, crowd-pleasing appetizer to start the party.—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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Ted Cruz certainly doesn’t care about pleasing everyone, and Billie Eilish and a whole bunch of musicians now clearly don’t either.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The outdoor pool is just as lovely too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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From the lovely greens to the steeper blues and blacks, Pleasant Mountain delivers.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2026
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Now Americans are demanding that those who joined Epstein in raping children and abusing women must face justice.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
17 Feb. 2026
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The four African-American men were falsely accused in 1949 of raping a white woman in Lake County in what became one of the most-notorious cases from the state’s Jim Crow era.—
News Service Of Florida,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Thanks to the Muppets’ film franchise and the wonders of YouTube, the wacky gang is still delighting, and expanding, its fan base.—
Jared Bahir Browsh,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Church’s has been delighting customers since 1952, when the first location opened in San Antonio.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And come summer, seeing a concert in this gorgeous setting is a can't-miss activity.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Non-skiing activities ranging from luxurious spas to gorgeous viewpoints.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Similarly, federal prosecutors have lost all five cases accusing protesters of assaulting federal officers that have gone to trial in the Los Angeles area, according to data from the US attorney’s office there as of earlier this month.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Jacobo was previously arrested in June 2024 for allegedly assaulting a female family member and again in November 2025 for assaulting Sanchez, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by The Dallas Morning News.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Ravishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravishing. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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