raunch

noun

ˈrȯnch How to pronounce raunch (audio)
Definition of raunchnext
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 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 The Country Bear Jamboree had a very oddball vaudevillian energy, its songs brimming with violence and raunch, all of it played for hyuks. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2024 Streaming on Prime from March 7, the movie might tap into the nostalgia of audiences raised on the Farrelly brand of goofy raunch, gross-out laughs, slapstick, escalating chaos and sticky sentiment. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for raunch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raunch
  1. vulgarity
  2. obscenity
  3. ribaldry
Noun
  • Attention-grabbing vulgarity aside, Pearl was talking hoops, not other things that have been central to Auburn men’s basketball discourse of late.
    — Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
  • So cheers to Schulz—and Emma, who agreed to share their story—for helping to normalize IVF, even if vulgarity was his way of doing so!
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of vulgarity
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  • Yet the movie also contains, by my count, more than a dozen significant obscenities, as well as enough death to scar the Bluey crowd for life.
    — Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Other states don’t allow numerical digits, obscenity, or names of people who have committed atrocities, according to US Birth Certificates.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 23 Jan. 2025
Definition of obscenity
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of ribaldry

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“Raunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raunch. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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