raunchy (redirected from raunchiness)

raun·chy  (rônch, rän-)

adj. raun·chi·er, raun·chi·est Slang

1.

a. Obscene, lewd, or vulgar: "[He] uses language so aggressively raunchy that he seems to be insisting his choice of vocabulary, at least, is no sin" (Wall Street Journal).

b. Sexually explicit.

c. Exhibiting lust.

2. Grimy; unkempt: a raunchy closet full of dirty socks.

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raunchi·ly adv.

raunchi·ness n.

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raunchy [ˈrɔːntʃɪ]

adj -chier, -chiest Slang

1. openly sexual; lusty; earthy

2. Chiefly US slovenly or untidy

[of unknown origin]

raunchily  adv

raunchiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	raunchy - earthy and sexually explicit; "a raunchy novel" sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"
	2.	raunchy - suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" lewd, salacious, obscene dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"
	3.	raunchy - thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" begrimed, dingy, grimy, grungy, grubby dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

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raunchy

adjective (Slang) sexy, sexual, steamy (informal), earthy, suggestive, lewd, lusty, bawdy, salacious, smutty, lustful, lecherous, ribald, coarse her raunchy new movie

Translations

raunchy [ˈrɔːntʃɪ] ADJ (raunchier (compar) (raunchiest (superl))) [story, film, song] → picante, atrevido; [person] → sexy, provocativo; [clothing] → atrevido, provocativo

raunchy [ˈrɔːntʃi] adj [voice] → grivois(e); [image] → cochon(ne); [scenes, film] → cochon(ne); [magazine] → cochon(ne)

raunchy

adj (+er) (inf) person → sexy; film, scene → erotisch, aufreizend; novel → erotisch; clothing → aufreizend, sexy

raunchy [ˈrɔːntʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → sexy inv