What is "racy" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does racy mean in English? Meaning of racy definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "racy" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "racy": full of zest or vigor

Adjective

  • Meaning: full of zest or vigor
  • Example: a racy literary style
  • Synonyms: lively racy
  • Similar: spirited
  • Meaning of "racy": marked by richness and fullness of flavor

    Adjective

  • Meaning: marked by richness and fullness of flavor
  • Example: a rich ruby port full-bodied wines a robust claret the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee
  • Synonyms: full-bodied racy rich robust
  • Similar: tasty
  • Meaning of "racy": suggestive of sexual impropriety

    Adjective

  • Meaning: suggestive of sexual impropriety
  • Example: a blue movie blue jokes he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details a juicy scandal a naughty wink naughty words racy anecdotes a risque story spicy gossip
  • Synonyms: blue gamey gamy juicy naughty racy risque spicy
  • Similar: sexy
  • Meaning of "racy": designed or suitable for competing in a race

    Adjective

  • Meaning: designed or suitable for competing in a race
  • Synonyms: racy
  • Similar: mobile
  • Adjective: Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.Mildly risque, exciting. She wore a racy dress that was just barely appropriate for the occasion.
  • Synonyms:

    saucy, entertaining, poignant, animated, lively, bright, buoyant, clever, distinctive, exciting, exhilarating, fiery, forceful, forcible, heady, keen, mettlesome, peppery, piquant, playful, pungent, rich, salty, sharp, snappy, sparkling, spicy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, stimulating, strong, tangy, tart, tasty, vigorous, vivacious, witty, gingery, zesty, naughty, off-color, suggestive, erotic, bawdy, lewd, lurid, blue, broad, immodest, indecent, indelicate, purple, shady, smutty, spicy, wicked,

    Antonyms:

    idle, languid, lazy, moral, dull, clean, modest, upright, moral, idle, languid, lazy, clean, decent, dull, modest, upright,

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