What's the difference between raunchy and sleazy?

Raunchy


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Freddie's lyrics were never really even that wild or suggestive, never mind erotic or raunchy.
  • (2) She said that the highly publicised online spat between Connor and Cyrus – the Hannah Montana star who has gone for an image overhaul with raunchy videos such as Wrecking Ball and a very sexual "twerking" incident at MTV's Video Music Awards – has not helped break the gender stereotype in the industry.
  • (3) He compared Page 3 to a new exhibition of erotic Japanese paintings at the British Museum in London and said: "This stuff at the British Museum is far more explicit and raunchy."
  • (4) ▶ Not funny Valentin: Raunchy posters for The Artist star Jean Dujardin's new comedy Les Infidèles have been removed from Parisian billboards after worries that the "sexist" pictures, which show Dujardin nestled between the spreadeagled legs of an anonymous woman , would damage the actor's Oscar prospects.
  • (5) In its turn, this raunchy and rebellious interpretation came under attack in the 1980s for disregarding the forces of the conservative establishment, underestimating the still formidable power of monarchy, aristocracy and Church of England.
  • (6) To me it's not about nudity or having a raunchy or raw kind of look… People think if you take pictures of yourself, you're self-obsessed but that's like saying if you write a diary or an autobiography, you're self-obsessed.
  • (7) ParentPort will act as a one-stop online complaints centre for the public to lodge concerns about all manner of inappropriate material – from risque music videos and raunchy billboard advertising to TV programmes and clothing lines at retailers – to simplify the complaints process.
  • (8) The four-page document outlines a new "two-tiered case-by-case" approach to sexualised images that will limit advertising with sexual content appearing near schools as well as the how raunchy the imagery is.
  • (9) Financial paralysis has seen movie production grind to a halt: MGM's only significant release this year was a raunchy comedy, Hot Tub Time Machine , that bombed at the box office.
  • (10) While Summer renounced her raunchy past, betraying her gay fans in the process, her best records still pulsate with that spirit, the lifeforce of pop itself.
  • (11) This is the part of the equation that got lost on Miley Cyrus and is probably why so many people found her attempt at raunchiness not just excruciating to watch but also offensive.
  • (12) She has designed a handbag for Fendi, vases for Lalique, and a perfume bottle for Donna Karan, as well as the obligatory luxury yacht – and even a raunchy range of swimwear, leading to rumours she was starting her own fashion label.
  • (13) A raunchy TV ad featuring ex-Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has been banned for being sexist and degrading to women.
  • (14) Is that why he doesn't really make comedies any more – because his comedy-style is more family-friendly than raunchy?
  • (15) The Radio Times has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for running a raunchy ad for a Russian bride service on its website.
  • (16) The big hope is that Yang Guang and Tian Tian will produce cubs, but they may need help, counsels the Daily Mail in its coverage: "In 2007, keepers at Northern Thailand's Chiang Mai zoo resorted to sitting a male called Chuang Chuang in front of a TV showing raunchy videos of bears mating in an attempt to spark his interest."
  • (17) Also likely to end Washington's staid image is HBO's new comedy Washingtonienne, based on Jessica Cutler's raunchy blog, which aims to make Washington's young, single professionals as infamous as Sex and the City made their New York counterparts.
  • (18) Say what you like about the Eurovision song contest: the staging is spectacular and acts like the raunchy Polish faux-folk girls and Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst are fun.
  • (19) The Downing Street-commissioned Bailey review is expected to recommend restrictions on products such as padded bras and high heels for girls as young as 10 and raunchy music videos .
  • (20) She must have wanted to come across as cool and edgy during her bikini clad VMA performance, but instead the young singer turned herself into a parody of what a female pop star is supposed to be with her misguided attempt at raunchiness.

Sleazy


Definition:

  • (a.) Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The air of downmarket sleaziness associated with some of its stores would now seem to extend to its accounting.
  • (2) Writing about Tulsa in The Photobook Volume 1 , authors Martin Parr and Gerry Badger say that the "incessant focus on the sleazy aspect of the lives portrayed, to the exclusion of almost anything else – whether photographed from the 'inside' or not – raises concerns about exploitation and drawing the viewer into a prurient, voyeuristic relationship with the work."
  • (3) And by his "treatment" of women, we mean his assumption that women enjoy being hit on by sleazy guys like him who have at least 90% more nose-cartilage than is normal and who don't take no for an answer.
  • (4) 16 October 2009 The day before Gately's funeral, Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir writes an article that describes events leading up to his death as "sleazy" and "less than respectable".
  • (5) Things start getting out of control when Rocket's younger gang target the clients of a sleazy motel and the raid, intended to be bloodless, becomes a killing spree.
  • (6) The PCC received more than 25,000 complaints, a record number, after Moir wrote about Gately's death, describing events leading up to it as "sleazy" and "less than respectable".
  • (7) Moral leader The Daily Mail on the FA's refusal to comment on JT: "Even in the sleazy, venal world of football, Terry's record was unforgivable.
  • (8) A former police officer is less complimentary: "The clientele in these places are by definition pretty sordid, highly manipulative and sleazy," he says.
  • (9) This week, as the Blairites bobbed and weaved their way out of the sleazy embrace of their friend, Gaddafi of Libya, someone forgot to tell the old school tie.
  • (10) Sometimes sleazy, always sincere, his songs have a kind of slacker-stealth to them: his sweet and sleepy voice creeps up on you, earworming its way in until someone asks you to stop humming.
  • (11) Bankers are seen as greedy, librarians as demure, journalists as sleazy, nurses as angels and estate agents as dishonest.
  • (12) Private meetings with newspaper proprietors are not disallowed under any parliamentary or party rules, but Hacked Off, the group campaigning on behalf of phone-hacking victims for a Leveson law for press regulation, said social occasions like this smacked of "sleazy" deals behind closed doors.
  • (13) Miami is a magnet for slick, sleazy stuff,” Snitzer say.
  • (14) For example: "I hope she has an unfortunate death like Stephen Gately as karma that she deserves for her 'sleazy lifestyle'."
  • (15) Having lanced this boil, Moir lets the pus drip out all over her fingers as she continues to type: "The circumstances surrounding his death are more than a little sleazy," she declares.
  • (16) In financial terms, that need not be a bad thing – but Bank says it needs a sharper image: "The issue isn't that it's sleazy.
  • (17) He has the sleazy, bouffanted Master of the Universe act down so well, you may miss him in the rest of the movie.
  • (18) "There have been complaints about my use of the word 'sleazy' to describe this incident, but I still maintain that to die on a sofa while your partner is sleeping with someone else in the next room is, indeed, sleazy, no matter who you are or what your sexual orientation might be."
  • (19) Moir said she honestly believed that Gately's death raised many unanswered questions that were a matter of public interest and defended her use of the word "sleazy" to describe the circumstances of his death, which occurred in Majorca after Gately and his civil partner Andrew Cowles went to a nightclub and brought back a Bulgarian man to their apartment.
  • (20) In April last year the Daily Sport introduced a £1m redesign aiming for a "sexy rather than sleazy" look.