raunchy
Definition
- Adjective:
- Dirty, grimy, or squalid: Describes something that is heavily soiled, unkempt, or covered in ingrained dirt.
- Earthy and sexually explicit; vulgar: Describes humor, language, or material that is coarse, lewd, and openly concerned with sex in a crude or humorous way.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Dirty/Grimy):
- The abandoned building had a raunchy, neglected feel.
- He wiped his raunchy hands on his jeans after fixing the engine.
- Adjective (Sexually explicit/vulgar):
- The comedian is known for his raunchy jokes.
- They watched a raunchy comedy film full of crude humor.
Advanced Usage
- "raunchy humor": A style of comedy that is deliberately crude, sexual, and vulgar.
- The show's raunchy humor is not suitable for children.
- "raunchy lyrics": Song lyrics that are sexually suggestive or explicit.
- The song was banned from some radio stations due to its raunchy lyrics.
Variants and Related Words
- Raunch (n, informal): The quality of being raunchy; dirt or vulgarity.
- The bar had a certain raunch that regulars found charming.
- Raunchiness (n): The state or quality of being raunchy.
- The raunchiness of the material shocked some viewers.
Synonyms
- For "dirty/grimy": Grubby, grimy, filthy, begrimed, dingy.
- For "sexually explicit": Lewd, bawdy, ribald, salacious, coarse, vulgar, obscene.
Related Idioms/Phrases
- "Get raunchy": (Informal) To behave or speak in a sexually explicit or vulgar manner.
- After a few drinks, the conversation started to get raunchy.
Adjective
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thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
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a miner's begrimed face
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dingy linen
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grimy hands
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grubby little fingers
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a grungy kitchen
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suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
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lewd whisperings of a dirty old man
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an indecent gesture
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obscene telephone calls
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salacious limericks
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earthy and sexually explicit
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a raunchy novel
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