Enravishes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Delights someone so intensely that they are completely carried away with joy or pleasure
2. Captivates a person with overwhelming enchantment, leaving them spellbound by beauty or charm
3. Moves someone to a state of rapture, filling them with an exquisite and absorbing happiness

Etymology: "Enravishes" is the third-person singular present form of "enravish," so it simply carries the sense of that verb. The verb is formed from the prefix en- (meaning "in" or "into," or here "to cause to be") attached to "ravish," which came into English from Old French "ravir," meaning to seize or carry off by force. Adding en- gives the sense of putting someone into a state of rapture, so that a person who is enravished is carried away by delight rather than by violence.

Synonyms: enchants, delights, captivates, entrances, ravishes

Antonyms: repels, disgusts, bores