raunchy | ||
1. | [ adjective ] thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot | |
Synonyms: | dingy grimy grubby grungy begrimed | |
Examples: | "a miner's begrimed face" "dingy linen" "grimy hands" "grubby little fingers" "a grungy kitchen" |
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Related terms: | dirty | |
2. | [ adjective ] (sexuality) suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | |
Synonyms: | lewd salacious obscene | |
Examples: | "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man" "an indecent gesture" "obscene telephone calls" "salacious limericks" |
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Related terms: | dirty | |
3. | [ adjective ] (sexuality) earthy and sexually explicit | |
Examples: | "a raunchy novel" |
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Related terms: | sexy | |
Similar spelling: |
raunch ranch rangy runch rank range Ranes Ranck Rance ramus Rains |