as in pornographic
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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Recent Examples of raunchy
Humor ranges from gentle to raunchy without much of a compass.
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 June 2025
Japan’s Theatre Group Gumbo presents comic clowning sketches both wacky and raunchy with a message about being yourself.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
The project marks Lawrence's first since her raunchy 2023 comedy No Hard Feelings, and puts her back in the awards conversation after her last Oscar nomination in 2016 for Joy.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 18 May 2025
During the Secret Lives cast trip, the staff at Vanderpump Villa were getting raunchy.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 May 2025
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 June 2025
Japan’s Theatre Group Gumbo presents comic clowning sketches both wacky and raunchy with a message about being yourself.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
The project marks Lawrence's first since her raunchy 2023 comedy No Hard Feelings, and puts her back in the awards conversation after her last Oscar nomination in 2016 for Joy.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 18 May 2025
During the Secret Lives cast trip, the staff at Vanderpump Villa were getting raunchy.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raunchy
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the Astors, who had amassed a nearly obscene amount of real estate in New York City, became the country’s first multimillionaires by smuggling opium.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
3 July 2025
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The use of obscene or profane language, personal attack, libel, slander, defamation, physical violence or the threat thereof, as determined by the presiding officer, shall constitute a disturbing a lawful meeting.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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The comics were often dismissed as a vulgar form, but the bad joke of our superhero-movie culture is that most of it is a vulgarization of the comics.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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Nan’s rebellion was never loud or vulgar but always quietly confident and effortlessly elegant.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Her somewhat implausible problem is that her bad feelings—her irritation, her boredom—never register as such because of her beauty, her wealth, and her pedigree; so great is her beauty that even her nastiest moods feel like a sunny glow to others.—
Claire Jarvis,
New Yorker,
8 July 2025
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But use kind humor, not nasty or deprecating humor.—
Davia Temin,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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Employees get their hands dirty in the intro course by learning how to prompt, then move to more advanced courses on building custom GPTs and agents.—
Melissa Daimler,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Use the packing cubes to separate clean and dirty clothes for the duration of your cruise.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Your husband is foul for not calling out her garbage behavior.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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By the time Wood, the former Padres prospect who went to Washington in 2022 in the trade for Juan Soto, hit a three-run homer that clanged off the right field foul pole in the eighth inning to put the almost-final touch on the Nationals’ 10-6 victory, there was no real overt reaction.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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The room was filthy, prescription bottles around the room, one bed with no sheets.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2025
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Photograph: Chris Null As anyone who’s ever stuck a cotton swab in there knows, your ear canal is a filthy, disgusting place.—
Christopher Null,
Wired News,
22 June 2025
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“Raunchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raunchy. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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