verb
ravish
RAV-ish/ˈrævɪʃ/
To fill with intense delight.
The magnificent sunrise ravishes the hiker.
Etymology
From physically seizing and carrying someone away, ravish developed the figurative sense of carrying someone into ecstasy. Intense delight thus becomes a kind of emotional transport.
In context
There are scenes there which ravish you, only it is necessary
More examples
- She was ravished by the beauty of the valley.
- The poet describes a melody that ravishes the heart.
- The performance had ravished his imagination.
Forms
ravish · ravishes · ravished · ravishing
Similar words
- enrapture
- Enrapture is a close equivalent for filling with intense delight.
- delight
- Delight is the usual, less intense verb; ravish is strongly emotional and literary in this sense.