raw
adjective
[ rɔː ]
• (of food) not cooked.
• "raw eggs"
• (of a part of the body) red and painful, especially as the result of skin abrasion.
• "he scrubbed his hands until they were raw"
Similar:
sore,
red,
inflamed,
painful,
sensitive,
tender,
abraded,
chafed,
skinned,
open,
exposed,
unhealed,
bloody,
excoriated,
• (of an emotion or quality) strong and undisguised.
• "he exuded an air of raw, vibrant masculinity"
Similar:
strong,
intense,
passionate,
fervent,
vehement,
powerful,
violent,
acute,
undisguised,
unconcealed,
unrestrained,
uninhibited,
• (of the weather) cold and damp; bleak.
• "a raw February night"
Similar:
bleak,
cold,
chilly,
chilling,
chill,
freezing,
icy,
icy-cold,
wintry,
bitter,
biting,
piercing,
penetrating,
sharp,
keen,
damp,
wet,
nippy,
parky,
Baltic,
• new to an activity or job and therefore lacking experience or skill.
• "they were replaced by raw recruits"
Similar:
inexperienced,
new,
lacking experience,
untrained,
unskilled,
unpractised,
untried,
untested,
unseasoned,
untutored,
unschooled,
callow,
immature,
green,
ignorant,
naive,
unsophisticated,
wet behind the ears,
• (of the edge of a piece of cloth) not having a hem or selvedge.
• "oversewing is used to neaten raw edges"
• from a traditional tribal or rural culture.
• "raw tribesmen found themselves increasingly marginalised"
Origin:
Old English hrēaw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rauw and German roh, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kreas ‘raw flesh’.
