ravishing
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Synonyms & Antonyms for ravishing
Synonyms
aesthetic (also esthetic), attractive, beauteous, beautiful, bonny (also bonnie) [chiefly British], comely, cute, drop-dead, fair, fetching, good, good-looking, goodly, gorgeous, handsome, knockout, likely, lovely, lovesome, pretty, seemly, sightly, stunning, taking, well-favored
Antonyms
grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, plain, ugly, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely, uncute, unhandsome, unlovely, unpleasing, unpretty, unsightly
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Her ravishing vision is told from the point of view of kids left behind in a deserted town where Los Huascas, a cruel gang, governs. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, "How Mexican filmmaker Issa LĂłpez defied expectations with âTigers Are Not Afraidâ," 23 Aug. 2019 At noon, pianist Haochen Zhang, gold medalist in the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, gave a ravishing recital as part of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, "D-FW connections abound in N.M. performances by pianist Haochen Zhang and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale," 6 Aug. 2019 There are three things that are certain in life: death, taxes and Rihannaâs ability to turn out a ravishing look for any occasion. — Cady Lang, Time, "Rihanna Blessed Us With an Extravagant Bubblegum Pink Crop Over Costume and We'd Expect Nothing Less," 5 Aug. 2019 The humanist movement gave special impetus to the subject of Venus, whose ravishing beauty was recounted in antiquity and resurrected in Renaissance art. — Mary Tompkins Lewis, WSJ, "âThe Renaissance Nudeâ Review: The Body, Sacred and Sensual," 14 Nov. 2018 Marienbadâ to the present moment; its ravishing surfaces, somehow both diamond-hard and evanescent, exist gloriously outside of time. — Mark Olsen, latimes.com, "Indie Focus: Real lies and true emotions in âThe Farewellâ," 12 July 2019 Cyrus looked ravishing in a black sweetheart neckline dress by Saint Laurent. — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, "Miley Cyrus Is "Freakishly Obsessed" with Liam Hemsworth and So Are We TBH," 26 Apr. 2019 Two years on from the premiere of Feud: Bette and Joan, FX is bringing us another ravishing Old Hollywood saga about a complex, decades-long relationship. — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Fosse/Verdon: Everything We Know," 8 Feb. 2019 Katie Holmes is that rare fashion figure who can transfix on the red carpet in custom, sculptural Zac Posen and look equally ravishing on the New York City sidewalks. — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, "Katie Holmes Kicks It Casually in the City in Adidas and Prada," 30 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ravishing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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