'Ravished' definitions:
Definition of 'Ravished'
From: GCIDE
- Ravish \Rav"ish\ (r[a^]v"[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished (-[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.]
- 1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. [1913 Webster]
- These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Thou hast ravished my heart. --Cant. iv. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflower; force. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ravished'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- amok,
- bellowing,
- berserk,
- bursting with happiness,
- carried away,
- delirious,
- demoniac,
- distracted,
- ecstatic,
- elate,
- elated,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- entranced,
- exalted,
- exultant,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- flushed,
- frantic,
- freaked out,
- frenzied,
- fulminating,
- furious,
- haggard,
- high,
- hog-wild,
- howling,
- hysterical,
- imparadised,
- in a transport,
- in ecstasies,
- in heaven,
- in hysterics,
- in paradise,
- in raptures,
- in seventh heaven,
- intoxicated,
- jubilant,
- mad,
- madding,
- maniac,
- on cloud nine,
- orgasmic,
- orgiastic,
- overjoyed,
- overjoyful,
- possessed,
- rabid,
- raging,
- ramping,
- ranting,
- rapt,
- raptured,
- rapturous,
- raving,
- rhapsodic,
- roaring,
- running mad,
- sent,
- storming,
- transported,
- uncontrollable,
- violent,
- wild,
- wild-eyed,
- wild-looking