Meanings
comparative raunchier · superlative raunchiest
- Sexually seductive.
- Very low-class; inferior; inadequate.
- With dishonorable, base and vulgar expression.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveearthy and sexually explicit
adjectivethickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian похотлив
- похотлив (pohotliv)lecherous
Dutch obsceen, pervers
- obsceenlecherous
- perverslecherous
- wellustiglecherous
- geilsexually seductive
- zwoelsexually seductive
- vulgairwith dishonorable, base and vulgar expression
- vieswith dishonorable, base and vulgar expression
- goorwith dishonorable, base and vulgar expression
- smerigwith dishonorable, base and vulgar expression
Finnish poikkeava, perverssi
- poikkeavalecherous
- perverssilecherous
- viekoittelevasexually seductive
- huonovery low-class, inferior, inadequate
- luokatonvery low-class, inferior, inadequate
- kelvotonvery low-class, inferior, inadequate
- öykkärimäinenwith dishonorable, base and vulgar expression
- moukkamainenwith dishonorable, base and vulgar expression
German obszön, pervers
- obszönlecherous
- perverslecherous
- schlüpfriglecherous
- anstößiglecherous
- vulgärwith dishonorable, base and vulgar expression
Portuguese libidinoso, devasso
- libidinosolecherous
- devassolecherous
- sensualsexually seductive
- lúbricosexually seductive
- grosseirovery low-class, inferior, inadequate
- rudevery low-class, inferior, inadequate
- chulowith dishonorable, base and vulgar expression
- vulgarwith dishonorable, base and vulgar expression
Spanish libidinoso, lascivo
- libidinosolecherous
- lascivolecherous
- lujuriosolecherous
- seductivosexually seductive
- sensualsexually seductive
- lúbricosexually seductive
- rijososexually seductive
Tagalog malaswa
- malaswasexually seductive
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with raunchy
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Cite this entry
raunchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raunchy
“raunchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raunchy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raunchy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raunchy.
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