Definition of RAUNCHY

raunchy

Meanings

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.

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

Words With Friends Score: 16

raunchy is a valid Words With Friends word