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# How to pronounce "ravished" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ˈɹæ.vɪʃt/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ra·vi·shed**
- **Parts of Speech**: verb, adjective
- **VERB**: simple past and past participle of ravish
- **ADJECTIVE**: Delighted; ecstatic
  - *Example*: "[W]henever the person who is possessed of [natural goodness] doth what is right, no ravished or friendly spectator is so eager or so loud in his applause: on the contrary, when he doth wrong, no critic is so apt to hiss and explode him."
- **ADJECTIVE**: Having the appearance of having been ravished.

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "ravished" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "obscure both law and physic are for petty wits tis magic magic that hath ravished me then gentle friends aid me in this attempt and I that have with subtle syllogisms graveled the pastor's of the German Church and made the flowering pride of Wittenberg swarm to my problems as the infernal spirits on"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 12:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7BM5rnKzZU&t=725s)

### Example 2
> "ravished with it. But the and some time to her hands and the the air"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 23:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR6cfDFTL8Q&t=1405s)

### Example 3
> "been moved to the deepest uh center of your humanity. To go to a museum and be simply ravished by what you see. uh to go walk down a street in a city with great architecture and see how powerfully design and architecture mold"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 9:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJHld2EpLWk&t=586s)

### Example 4
> "as ravished to hell by fierce a gallalis thou soughtest her on earth and could"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 79:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGfS3rydrGk&t=4775s)

### Example 5
> "It has also been ravished by the storms, cyclone Nargis, that this area."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 27:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfcmJilqHm0&t=1673s)

### Example 6
> "I don't usually, if I'm a woman, I don't in my uh uh deep recesses of my mind fantasized about being ravished by Bill Gates. Do I? Are those physical features just pointing at the fact that this person can provide for me?"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 23:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g9VX34MSUA&t=1382s)

### Example 7
> "But the region where I was born, the region I grew up in, and the region I specialized in, the Middle East has been ravished by war, particularly after that beautiful explosion of hope with the 2011 uprisings was largely stolen by authoritarian regimes. Since then, my scope has widened to include conflicts like Ukraine, as the tectonic plates of global politics have shifted."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDZO45zPW9I&t=89s)

### Example 8
> "spirit Power ravished and wrapped from Life had sunken and yet by someone in that nightly hour a certain liquid was not"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 80:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMejWGirJs&t=4852s)

### Example 9
> "009 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 8:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cdexMaWbBk&t=498s)

### Example 10
> "caught the ravished gager eye richly graced with precious metals shown the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 62:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWWeeqJKEM&t=3779s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Synonyms**: [abduct](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/abduct), [kidnap](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/kidnap)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "ravished" correctly?
"ravished" is pronounced `/ˈɹæ.vɪʃt/`. Syllable breakdown: **ra·vi·shed**.

### What does "ravished" mean in context?
simple past and past participle of ravish

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