Dictionary

raunchy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɔːn(t)ʃi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɹɔn(t)ʃi/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹɑn(t)ʃi/ (General-American)

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.

Meanings

1. Smutty; indecent.
2. Lecherous.
3. Sexually seductive.
4. Very low-class; inferior; inadequate.
5. With dishonorable, base and vulgar expression.

Forms

Deriveds

raunchily · unraunchy · raunch · raunchiness

Translations (39)

es libidinoso (lecherous) · fi öykkärimäinen (with dishonorable, base and vulgar expression) · nl pervers (lecherous) · nl zwoel (sexually seductive) · pt devasso (lecherous) · es lujurioso (lecherous) · pt vulgar (with dishonorable, base and vulgar expression) · fi kelvoton (very low-class, inferior, inadequate) · pt rude (very low-class, inferior, inadequate) · de pervers (lecherous) · fi huono (very low-class, inferior, inadequate) · es lúbrico (sexually seductive) · fi luokaton (very low-class, inferior, inadequate) · fi viekoitteleva (sexually seductive) · de schlüpfrig (lecherous) · de anstößig (lecherous) · pt sensual (sexually seductive) · nl smerig (with dishonorable, base and vulgar expression) · es seductivo (sexually seductive) · pt chulo (with dishonorable, base and vulgar expression) · es sensual (sexually seductive) · nl geil (sexually seductive) · fi poikkeava (lecherous) · es rijoso (sexually seductive) · pt grosseiro (very low-class, inferior, inadequate) · de obszön (lecherous) · es lascivo (lecherous) · fi perverssi (lecherous) · bg похотлив (lecherous) · pt lúbrico (sexually seductive) · de vulgär (with dishonorable, base and vulgar expression) · pt libidinoso (lecherous) · nl goor (with dishonorable, base and vulgar expression) · nl vies (with dishonorable, base and vulgar expression) · fi moukkamainen (with dishonorable, base and vulgar expression) · nl obsceen (lecherous) · nl vulgair (with dishonorable, base and vulgar expression) · nl wellustig (lecherous) · tl malaswa (sexually seductive)