raunch

noun

ˈrȯnch 

ˈränch

: vulgarity, lewdness

Synonyms

• bawdiness
• blueness
• coarseness
• crudeness
• crudity
• dirt
• dirtiness
• filth
• filthiness
• foulness
• grossness
• impureness
• impurity
• indecency
• lasciviousness
• lewdness
• nastiness
• obscenity
• profanity
• raunchiness
• ribaldry
• smut
• smuttiness
• vulgarity
• wantonness

Examples of raunch in a Sentence

a movie full of raunch

the sheer raunch of the movie earned it a NC-17 rating

Recent Examples on the Web

Harley Quinn is raunch, sweetness, and violence all in one, partly thanks to its assured voice acting (Kaley Cuoco’s Harley is great, but Ron Funches’s King Shark is the heart of the series.) 24. —Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024

In 2016, Ariel Levy hung out with Wong, risking her life in the passenger seat of the comedian’s RAV4 and learning about her particular brand of radical raunch. —Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024

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. —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

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from raunchy

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above