raunchy
- vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene: a raunchy joke.
- dirty; slovenly; grubby.
- lecherous.
Origin of raunchy
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Contemporary Examples of raunchy
It was fearless and raunchy and fun and ridiculous and weird and feminist and powerful.
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December 31, 2014
But she gave that all up to focus on her own art—her raunchy, thought-provoking rap lyrics.
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July 6, 2014
And that, in the end, is why this great raucous, raunchy, wonderfully readable novel is, really, quite unforgettable.
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June 18, 2014
The perfect amount of raunchy shock value to color a guffaw with a gasp.
raunchy
- openly sexual; lusty; earthy
- mainly US slovenly or untidy
Word Origin for raunchy
Word Origin and History for raunchy
1939, "clumsy, careless, sloppy," U.S. Army Air Corps slang, of unknown origin. Origins among cadets in Texas suggest possible connection to Mexican Spanish rancho (see ranch (n.)), which had connotations of animal filth by 1864. Sense of "coarse, vulgar, smutty" is from 1967. Related: Raunchiness.