as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
the sheer raunch of the movie earned it a NC-17 rating
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Recent Examples of raunch
Read: The cruel social experiment of reality TV For its recent seasons, Love Island USA moved to Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming platform, which enabled it to embrace the low-stakes raunch of its foreign counterpart.
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
Over the course of the outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces, and there are enough sparks, raunch, and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.
—EW.com, 26 July 2024
Over the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces, and there are enough sparks, raunch, and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 June 2024
While these outros could easily fall into raunch or being explicit, Carpenter uses wit as her restraint.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 May 2024
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024
Over the course of the outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces, and there are enough sparks, raunch, and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.
—EW.com, 26 July 2024
Over the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces, and there are enough sparks, raunch, and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 June 2024
While these outros could easily fall into raunch or being explicit, Carpenter uses wit as her restraint.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raunch
Noun
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Robert Rhoads, Oakland Park Politicians and vulgarities Your front-page article on the use of expletives by U.S.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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During the presentation by PMM Chesterton, Kowalski was sharply critical and at one juncture used the vulgarity for bull waste.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
Noun
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As the protest heated up, some members of the crowd shouted obscenities at agents.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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In a time when the suffering and seemingly hopeless prospects of America’s poor are known to all who have eyes to see, the only fig leaf available to hide the obscenity of this bill is the old partisan charge of waste, fraud and abuse.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Over-Nite Sensation is a triumph: a concentrated digest from perhaps the most popular stretch of his career, and a freeze-frame of his compositional flowering and ingenious lyrical ribaldry.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
The Atlantic,
27 Nov. 2023
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Finding liberty in punk artistry, Dury updated the tradition of British music-hall ribaldry and rude folk humor.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Aug. 2022
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“Raunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raunch. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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