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adjective

Definition of ravishednext
as in enraptured

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ravished

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verb

past tense of ravish
1
as in violated
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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2
as in delighted
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 Synonyms for ravished
  1. violated
  2. ecstatic
  3. raped
  4. transported
  5. assaulted
  6. exultant
  7. joyous
  8. delighted
Verb
  • The plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the commission, by approving the plans, has violated their fundamental rights.
    Amy Green, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Months later, the Department of Justice concluded that five Texas juvenile detention centers violated children's constitutional and civil rights.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of violated
Adjective
  • The title track starts off sounding like gamelan music, then turns into a busy-grooved evocation on finding catharsis by going for a swim at a busy beach, creating her own ecstatic iteration of traditional baptismal blues imagery.
    Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Breakthroughs in reasoning are why many AI experts waxed ecstatic over OpenAI’s release of its o3 and o3 mini models last month.
    Clint Boulton, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of ecstatic
Verb
  • The jury did not find, however, that Carroll was raped.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The woman, who filed her lawsuit under the name Jane Doe, alleged she was raped after she was driven to an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty 24 years ago.
    Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of raped
Verb
  • The bicyclist was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center with critical injuries, and has since died, the report stated.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The cargo had been a top priority, transported across the Pacific in record time, with the crew largely unaware of its significance.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of transported
Verb
  • One of the officers who was assaulted was Brian Sicknick.
    Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
  • When the large group showed up and confronted the victim, one underage student allegedly assaulted him while Brainard laughed, as caught in campus videos cited by police in the documents, per WVCB.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of assaulted
Adjective
  • Always a consummate professional, however, our ballad queen powered through the final note to a brave and exultant end that can still give chills.
    Nathan Smith, Vulture, 26 June 2024
  • Their personal connection blossoms out into a quietly exultant scene with the rest of the cast and the crew, a symbolic utopia of shared purpose.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
Definition of exultant
Adjective
  • At the National Board of Review Awards on Tuesday at Cipriani 42nd Street, the spirit of the night for the night was one of joyous celebration, commemoration of hard work, and a little bit of fun in the non-televised showcase.
    Sam Falb, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The strangers, who now became friends, celebrated her joyous life in the cold weather.
    Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of joyous
Adjective
  • Wicked Wicked has been playing at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre since 2003 and has long delighted fans.
    Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Back in 2013, after Breaking Bad had wrapped its five-year run, fans were delighted when several vehicles used in the Emmy-winning TV show hit the auction block, most notably a 2003 Pontiac Aztek driven by Bryan Cranston’s character Walter White.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of delighted
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