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- [rawn-chee, rahn-]
- /ˈrɔn tʃi, ˈrɑn-/
- /ˈrɔːn.tʃi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rawn-chee, rahn-]
- /ˈrɔn tʃi, ˈrɑn-/
Definitions of raunchy word
- adjective raunchy vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene: a raunchy joke. 1
- adjective raunchy dirty; slovenly; grubby. 1
- adjective raunchy lecherous. 1
- adjective raunchy sexually explicit 1
- adjective raunchy If a film, a person, or the way that someone is dressed is raunchy, they are sexually exciting. 0
- adjective raunchy openly sexual; lusty; earthy 0
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Origin of raunchy
First appearance:
before 1935 One of the 8% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1935-40; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Raunchy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
raunchy popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
raunchy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for raunchy
adj raunchy
- bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- beat-up — Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
- bottom out — If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
noun raunchy
- boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
- incontinency — unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces.
- lechery — unrestrained or excessive indulgence of sexual desire.
- lewdness — inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- lubricity — oily smoothness, as of a surface; slipperiness.
adjective raunchy
- dirty — soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- disarrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarray.
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- earthy — of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- erogenous — (of a part of the body) Sensitive to sexual stimulation.
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