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RAUNCHY
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Irregular inflected forms: raunchier , raunchiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
Example:
a grungy kitchen
Synonyms:
begrimed; dingy; grimy; grubby; grungy; raunchy
Classified under:
Similar:
dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
Example:
salacious limericks
Synonyms:
lewd; obscene; raunchy; salacious
Classified under:
Similar:
dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)
Derivation:
raunch (the quality of lacking taste and refinement)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Earthy and sexually explicit
Example:
a raunchy novel
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
