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- Dictionaryraunchy/ˈrɔːn(t)ʃi/
adjective
- 1. energetically earthy and sexually explicit: "his raunchy new novel"
- 2. shabby or grubby: US "the restaurant's style is raunchy and the sanitation chancy"
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The meaning of RAUNCHY is slovenly, dirty; also : very smelly. How to use raunchy in a sentence.
Raunchy definition: vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene. See examples of RAUNCHY used in a sentence.
rude or offensive because of showing or talking about sex in an obvious way: raunchy language / humor. (Definition of raunchy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of raunchy? Translations of raunchy. in Chinese (Traditional) 色情的，淫穢的，下流的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 色情的，淫秽的，下流的…
Something raunchy is dirty in one sense or another: it's either literally covered in dirt or suggesting dirty sexual situations. Raunchy started off as Army Air Corps slang for something sloppy in 1939. But by the 60's the word had grown to imply another kind of dirtiness: the vulgar, sexual kind.
Definition of raunchy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Obscene, lewd, or vulgar: a raunchy joke. 2. Grimy; unkempt: a raunchy closet full of dirty socks. 3. Uninhibited. Used of sex. [ Origin unknown .] raun′chi·ly adv. raun′chi·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Adjective. Filter. adjective. raunchier, raunchiest. Of poor quality, appearance, etc.; dirty, cheap, sloppy, etc. Webster's New World. Obscene, lewd, or vulgar. A raunchy joke. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Frankly and crudely sexual in content or tone; earthy, risqué, etc. Webster's New World. Grimy; unkempt.
