ravishing, adj. entrancing, enchanting, bewitching, captivating, enthralling; alluring, enticing, seductive; spellbinding, dazzling, engaging, intriguing, fascinating; charming, attractive, delightful, pleasing, ravishment, n. 1. rapture, transport, ecstasy; felicity, bliss, joy, delight, exaltation, delectation; trance, paroxysm, orgasm.
2. (all usu. of persons) abduction, robbery, theft, capture, seizure, kidnapping; impressment, conscription.
3. (all usu. in reference to sexual relations) rape, assault, attack, violation, molestation. See rape (def. 1). raw, adj. 1. uncooked, fresh; rare, bloody, Fr. saignant.
2. natural, organic, unprocessed, unprepared, undressed; crude, rough, uncut, unrefined, unmilled, unground.
3. open, exposed, uncovered, bare; skinned, excoriated.
4. crude, rough, coarse, crass, rude, uncouth; unrefined, uncultured, unsophisticated, unpolished, unfinished; rough-hewn, homespun, homely, earthy; rustic, backwoods, countrified, hick, boorish, churlish, loutish; ignorant, backward, awkward, clumsy, oafish; ill-bred, ill-mannered, unmannerly, impolite, uncivil; indecorous, improper, unseemly, unbecoming, inappropriate, unappropriate.
5. inexperienced, callow, immature, green, unfledged; unsophisticated, naive, innocent, born yesterday, wet behind the ears; untried, untested, new, fresh, young, youthful, tender, in one's salad days; unskilled, untrained, unschooled, untutored, undrilled, undisciplined; unconversant, unversed, unenlightened, uninitiated, uninformed, ignorant; unacquainted, unfamiliar, unaccustomed, unhabituated, unpracticed, unseasoned, uninured.
6. frank, candid, forthright, direct, straightforward; plain, plain-spoken, blunt, bluff, brusque, tactless; outspoken, free-spoken, bold, unreserved, unabashed, uninhibited, unshrinking.
7. damp, wet, chill, chilly, cool, nippy, cold; freezing, freezing cold, ice cold, bitter cold, biting, nipping, numbing, chilling; stinging, penetrating, piercing, sharp, brisk, keen, crisp, snappy, zippy; inclement, bad, disagreeable, unpleasant.
8. undiluted, straight, neat, pure, unadulterated.
9. in the raw Slang, in the nude, naked, without clothes, Inf. in one's birthday suit, without a stitch on, stark-naked, in the buff, Brit, starkers. rawboned, adj. gaunt, thin, thin as a reed or rail, lean, meager, spare, lank, lanky, gangling, gangly; skinny, too skinny to throw a shadow, skin-and-bones, bony, angular, skeletal; stalky, spindly, spindle-shanked, spindle-legged; scrawny, scraggy, looking like a plucked chicken, weedy; pinched, starved-looking, withered, shriveled, shrunken, wasted, hollow-cheeked, emaciate, emaciated, ray, n. beam, shaft, streak, streamer, pencil; emanation, stream, blaze, flame, radiance, radiation, irradiation; gleam, glitter, patch, spot, speck; glint, glimmer, blink, sparkle, scintilla, twinkle, flicker, spark, flash, raze, v. 1. tear down, pull down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, beat down, batter down; cast down, knock down, fling down, hurl down, precipitate, Inf. spill, tumble, topple; fell, lay level, prostrate, level, bulldoze, flatten; cut down, chop down, hew down, mow down.