raunchy(adjective) adjective1. earthy and sexually explicit- a raunchy novelSimilar word(s): sexy2. suggestive of or tending to moral loosenessSimilar word(s): dirty, lewd, obscene, salacious3. thickly covered with ingrained dirt or sootSimilar word(s): dirty, soiled, unclean, begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy