Definition of RAUNCHY

raunchy

Adjective Satellite

  • earthy and sexually explicit
    • "a raunchy novel"
  • suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  • thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

Adj

  • Smutty; indecent.
  • Lecherous.
  • Sexually seductive.
  • Very low-class; inferior; inadequate.
  • With dishonorable, base and vulgar expression.

Adjective

  • Slovenly, crude, or sexually suggestive.

Examples

  • His play of ’RAUNCHY’ shocked the table, but was surprisingly high-scoring.

Origin / Etymology

Of unknown etymology. Originally U.S. Army Air Corps slang; origins among cadets in Texas suggest a possible connection to Mexican Spanish rancho (see ranch), which had connotations of animal filth by 1864.

Scrabble Score: 15

raunchy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
raunchy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
raunchy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

raunchy: valid Words With Friends Word