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ravishment
[rav-ish-muhnt] 
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ecstasy
[ek-stuh-see]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bliss |
| Synonyms: | beatitude, blessedness, cool*, delectation, delight, delirium, ebullience, elation, enchantment, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, felicity, fervor, frenzy, gladness, happiness, heaven, inspiration, intoxication, joy, joyfulness, paradise, rapture, ravishment, rhapsody, seventh heaven, trance, transport, twilight zone |
| Notes: | enstasy means 'to stand inside the self'; ecstasy means 'to stand outside the ordinary self' |
| Antonyms: | despair, sorrow, torment, trouble, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great happiness, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | alleviation, amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delectation, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, exulting, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor, gratification, hilarity, humor, indulgence, jewel, jubilance, liveliness, luxury, merriment, mirth, pride, pride and joy, prize, rapture, ravishment, refreshment, regalement, rejoicing, revelry, satisfaction, solace, sport, transport, treasure, treat, wonder |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | rapture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme happiness and delight in something |
| Synonyms: | at-oneness, beatitude, bliss, buoyancy, cheer, cloud nine, communion, contentment, cool*, delectation, ecstasy, elation, elysium, enchantment, enjoyment, enthusiasm, euphoria, exaltation, exhilaration, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glory, good spirits, gratification, heaven, inspiration, joy, jubilation, nirvana, paradise, passion, pleasure, ravishment, rhapsody, satisfaction, seventh heaven, spell, transport, well-being |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sexual assault |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sex crime |
| Synonyms: | carnal abuse, date rape, forcible intercourse, grope, molestation, rape, ravishment, sex crime, sexual abuse, sexual offense, unlawful sexual intercourse, violation |
| Main Entry: | transport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delight |
| Synonyms: | ardor, bliss, cloud nine, ecstasy, enchantment, enthusiasm, euphoria, fervor, happiness, heaven, passion, rapture, ravishment, rhapsody, seventh heaven |
| Antonyms: | boredom, dislike, indifference |
| Main Entry: | violation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rape, defilement |
| Synonyms: | assault, blasphemy, debasement, defacement, defacing, degradation, desecration, destruction, devastation, dishonor, invasion, mistreatment, outrage, pollution, profanation, rapine, ravishment, ruin, sacrilege, spoliation |
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| Main Entry: | transport |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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abeam, aboard, adrift, aerostatic, afloat, aft, air, airborne, amphibious, antiknock, automotive, aweigh, bumped, bumper, coasting, crank, dirigible, fast, fore, fore, head, hypersonic, in, inboard, leeward, loaded, loxodromic, maritime, midship, mothball, naufragous, nautical, naval, navicular, navigable, off, omniphibious, onboard, outboard, over, polar, pteric, raked, revehent, sailing, seafaring, seagoing, seaworthy, shipboard, shipshape, sonic, souped, stock, stroked, supersonic, tender, transonic, upwind, velivolant, volant, volitorial, windward
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