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ravish
verb [ trans. ]
1 archaic seize and carry off (someone) by force.
• dated (of a man) force (a woman or girl) to have sexual intercourse against her will; rape.
2 (often be ravished) poetic/literary fill (someone) with intense delight; enrapture : ravished by a sunny afternoon, she had agreed without even thinking.
ravishing
adjective
delightful; entrancing : she looked ravishing.
Synonyms
you look utterly ravishing very beautiful, gorgeous, stunning, wonderful, lovely, striking, magnificent, dazzling, radiant, delightful, charming, enchanting; informal amazing, sensational, fantastic, fabulous, terrific, bodacious, hot, red-hot.
skimpy
adjective ( skimpier , skimpiest )
(of clothes) short and revealing : a skimpy dress.
• providing or consisting of less than is needed; meager : my knowledge of music is extremely skimpy.
Synonyms for Skimpy
adjective
1 a skimpy black dress revealing, short, low, low-cut; flimsy, thin, see-through, indecent.
2 my information is rather skimpy meager, scanty, sketchy, limited, paltry, deficient, sparse.
negligee
noun
a woman’s light dressing gown, typically made of a filmy, soft fabric
uxoricide
noun
the killing of one’s wife.
• a man who kills his wife.
Proceed only if 21 year old or above
Learning from Context beats learning from a book
1. The dacoits ravished his wife and killed her near the lake.
2. The sunrise at the beach is ravishing beauty I have ever seen.
3. The lead actress in that wore a negligee which is skimpy.
4. Uxoricide is a shameful mark on the society.
ravishing-many people in the party enquired about the ravishing lady present.
skimpy-she wore a skimpy little dress for the party.
skimpy-the information provided by you was skimpy.
negligee-she appeared at the door in a negligee.
She looked ravishing in that black dress.
Her father didn’t approve of her skimpy dress.
skimpy-the information in the user’s manual for the microwave is skimpy and not particularly helpful
ravishing-a ravishing view of the ocean enthralled us
ravish: ravished by the enchanting scenery, she lost track of time.
uxoricide: he was held with charges of uxoricide.