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Synonyms & Antonyms of raunchy
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
- inappropriately used office e-mail for an exchange of raunchy jokes
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- priggish,
- prim,
- prudish,
- puritanical,
- staid,
- straitlaced
- (or straightlaced),
- Victorian
- approved,
- endorsed
- (also indorsed),
- sanctioned
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“Raunchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raunchy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2020.
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The first known use of raunchy was in 1937
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