raunchier; raunchiest
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inappropriately used office e-mail for an exchange of raunchy jokes
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The 12-track pop album is a natural follow-up to Carpenter’s equally steamy and at-sometimes-raunchy 2024 album, Short N’ Sweet, which earned the singer her first Grammy Award.
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
But what had once been raucous and raunchy mischief, was now benign horseplay.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The haunting visuals, which also include faceless people and unsettling collages of creepy eyes, contrast the booming production of the track and its raunchy lyrics.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Sweet string arrangements became raunchy heckles.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
But what had once been raucous and raunchy mischief, was now benign horseplay.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The haunting visuals, which also include faceless people and unsettling collages of creepy eyes, contrast the booming production of the track and its raunchy lyrics.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Sweet string arrangements became raunchy heckles.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for raunchy
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“Raunchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raunchy. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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