Someone, usually a woman, called ravishing is “stunningly beautiful.” To ravish someone historically meant to “plunder” or “violently seize and rape a woman,” but in contemporary speech it refers to wanting passionate, consensual intercourse with a person.

What does it mean to ravish someone?

transitive verb. 1a : to seize and take away by violence. b : to overcome with emotion (such as joy or delight) ravished by the scenic beauty. c : rape entry 1 sense 1.

How do you call someone ravishing?