raunchy
adjective
vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene.
raunchiness
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a word derived from
raunchy.
Example Sentences
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At wide-open throttle, the raunchiness doesn’t come in wild quanta but in one smoothly linear, incredibly steep exponential function, with no interval for tactility and feedback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Foxx was a killer stand-up comic, with a trademark raunchiness that Wilson figured to be a nonstarter for the timid broadcast networks that were television in 1972.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
Between the way Ryan exaggeratedly flounces about and the blunt deliberate emphasis on her character's cool raunchiness, Katherine is about as trying as they come.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2020
There are hundreds of retailers that stock ugly sweaters now, with varying degrees of raunchiness.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2019
The Lennon raunchiness has become mere caprice in “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2017
