RAUNCHY (raunchier, raunchiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: raunchier    , raunchiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does raunchy mean? 

• RAUNCHY (adjective)
  The adjective RAUNCHY has 3 senses:

1. earthy and sexually explicit

2. suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

3. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

  Familiarity information: RAUNCHY used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAUNCHY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Earthy and sexually explicit

Context example:

a raunchy novel

Similar:

sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

Synonyms:

lewd; obscene; raunchy; salacious

Context example:

salacious limericks

Similar:

dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)

Derivation:

raunch (the quality of lacking taste and refinement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

Synonyms:

begrimed; dingy; grimy; grubby; grungy; raunchy

Context example:

a grungy kitchen

Similar:

dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)