raunchier; raunchiest
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inappropriately used office e-mail for an exchange of raunchy jokes
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This gem from director Gene Stupnitsky (who also directed the raunchy comedy Good Boys) follows Lawrence’s character Maddie, a struggling bartender whose financial troubles put her at risk of losing her childhood home.
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Produced by Bunny Lee, the single was banned by the BBC for its raunchy lyrics but hit the UK Top 10 anyway, prompting Romeo to record his debut album, A Dream, in London with backing band the Rudies.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2025
These grainy, raunchy, politically minded and mind-expanding books found a worldwide audience but were slower to catch on in the United States.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Streep joined in on the extraterrestrial fun as Colleen Rafferty Sr., the raunchy, chain-smoking mother of McKinnon's character Colleen Rafferty, who was also taken by aliens that same evening.
—EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Produced by Bunny Lee, the single was banned by the BBC for its raunchy lyrics but hit the UK Top 10 anyway, prompting Romeo to record his debut album, A Dream, in London with backing band the Rudies.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2025
These grainy, raunchy, politically minded and mind-expanding books found a worldwide audience but were slower to catch on in the United States.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Streep joined in on the extraterrestrial fun as Colleen Rafferty Sr., the raunchy, chain-smoking mother of McKinnon's character Colleen Rafferty, who was also taken by aliens that same evening.
—EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Raunchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raunchy. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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