ravishing

1. 1.

   stunningly beautiful

   “a ravishing blonde”

   Similarbeautiful

Questions about ravishing

What does ravishing mean?

ravishing means "stunningly beautiful".

How many syllables are in ravishing?

ravishing has 3 syllables: rav-i-shing. The stress falls on "rav". In IPA it is /ˈɹævɪʃɪŋ/.

Is ravishing a common word?

ravishing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.