raunchy

adjective

raun·​chy ˈrȯn-chē 

ˈrän-

raunchier; raunchiest

1

: slovenly, dirty

a raunchy panhandler

also : very smelly

raunchy sneakers

2

: obscene, smutty

raunchy jokes

raunchily

ˈrȯn-chə-lē 

ˈrän-

adverb

raunchiness

ˈrȯn-chē-nəs 

ˈrän-

noun

Synonyms

• bawdy
• blue
• coarse
• crude
• dirty
• filthy
• foul
• gross
• gutter
• impure
• indecent
• lascivious
• lewd
• locker-room
• nasty
• obscene
• pornographic
• porny
• profane
• ribald
• smutty
• stag
• trashy
• unprintable
• vulgar
• wanton
• X-rated

Examples of raunchy in a Sentence

inappropriately used office e-mail for an exchange of raunchy jokes

Recent Examples on the Web

Dopamine is packed to the rafters with genre-bending hits that nod to the heyday of some of Normani’s biggest influences: the thundering percussion of Timbaland, the effortlessly raunchy wordplay of Missy Elliott, the silky-smooth vocals of Brandy. —Liam Hess, Vogue, 16 June 2024

In 1990, 2 Live Crew’s raunchy music was at the center of a legal battle that tested the bounds of free speech. —Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024

Cho was another disruptive force against that unspoken rule, with a defiantly raunchy brand of personally revealing comedy. —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2024

Female Trouble is raunchy, disgusting, and imminently watchable — right until its electrifying conclusion. —Barry Levitt, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined at sense 1