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ravishing

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rav·ish·ing  (rv-shng)
adj.
Extremely attractive; entrancing.
ravish·ing·ly adv.
ravishing
Adjective
lovely or delightful
ravishingly adv
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Adj.1.ravishing - stunningly beautiful; "a ravishing blonde"
beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"
ravishing
adjective enchanting, beautiful, lovely, stunning (informal) charming, entrancing, gorgeous, dazzling, delightful, radiant, drop-dead (slang) bewitching
Translations
Spanish ravishing [ˈrævɪʃɪŋ] adj → encantador(a)
French ravishing [ˈrævɪʃɪŋ] adj → enchanteur/eresse
German ravishing [ˈrævɪʃɪŋ] adj → hinreißend
Italian ravishing [ˈrævɪʃɪŋ] adj → incantevole
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The gates of pearl and jasper swung back upon their golden hinges, making the most ravishing music, and the Saint, stepping aside, bowed low, saying:
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Even at a small party, the company was a pleasure to behold; the richly varied hues of the assembly in a church or theatre are said to have more than once proved too distracting for our greatest teachers and actors; but most ravishing of all is said to have been the unspeakable magnificence of a military review.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
At once she was caught in a web of ravishing music and dazzled by a panorama of lights and colours.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
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