deflowers

Ravishes for first

Deflowers is the verb form of deflower, meaning to take someone's virginity.

The word carries an old-fashioned, literary quality, treating virginity as something precious that gets removed: He deflowered her on their wedding night.

The metaphor compares a virgin to an unopened flower.

Deflower can also mean to strip something of its beauty or freshness: Vandals deflowered the garden.

virginity

purity

Uncontaminated quality

virtue · hymen · defloration · first time · virginal · untouched · cherry · honor · modesty · abstinence

violation

despoil

Strip of possessions

  • ravishOverwhelm with intense pleasure
  • ruinComplete destruction or collapse
  • spoilDamage or overindulge

defile · corrupt · violate · dishonor · degrade · sully · taint · besmirch · mar · damage

botanical

petals

Colored bloom segments

deadheading · garden · stem · cutting · snipping · bouquet · picking · harvesting · bloom · wilt

Opposites
sexual innocence/virginity

deflowersabstains

Deliberately doesn't partake

corruption/purity

deflowerspurifies

Removes unwanted substances

sanctifies · cleanses · redeems · restores · honors

protection vs violation

deflowersprotects

Defends from threat

safeguards · shields · guards · defends · cherishes

Family

deflower, deflowering, deflowered

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R