raunchy

Other forms of raunchy

comparative or superlative

raunchier

comparative or superlative

raunchiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about raunchy

What does raunchy mean?

raunchy means "earthy and sexually explicit". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in raunchy?

raunchy has 2 syllables: raun-chy. The stress falls on "raun". In IPA it is /ˈɹɔntʃi/.

What is another word for raunchy?

Close synonyms include lewd, obscene, salacious, begrimed, dingy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is raunchy a common word?

raunchy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.