Definition of "ravishing" [rav•ish•ing]

• Extremely attractive; entrancing. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I love the word ravishing - and I think it really fits the spirit of what I'm trying to get at."
• "In his house, my son, my own son, the flower of the House of Lancaster, learns to speak of the usurper with respect, to admire the so-called ravishing beauty of his hastily married wife, the commoner Elizabeth, and to pray for an heir for their accursed house."
• "“I like the idea of ravishing you in the firelight.”"