ALL meanings of rawness
raw
R r - adjective rawness uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot. 1
- adjective rawness not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture: raw cotton. 1
- adjective rawness unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument. 1
- adjective rawness painfully open, as a sore or wound. 1
- adjective rawness crude in quality or character; not tempered or refined by art or taste: raw humor. 1
- adjective rawness ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained: a raw recruit. 1
- adjective rawness brutally or grossly frank: a raw portrayal of human passions. 1
- adjective rawness brutally harsh or unfair: a raw deal; receiving raw treatment from his friends. 1
- adjective rawness disagreeably damp and chilly, as the weather or air: a raw, foggy day at the beach. 1
- adjective rawness not diluted, as alcoholic spirits: raw whiskey. 1
- adjective rawness unprocessed or unevaluated: raw data. 1
- noun rawness a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh. 1
- noun rawness unrefined sugar, oil, etc. 1
- idioms rawness in the raw, in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state: nature in the raw. Informal. in the nude; naked: sunbathing in the raw. 1