Antonyms for rawest

Grammar : Adj

Spell : raw

Phonetic Transcription : rɔ

Definition of rawest

Origin : Old English hreaw "uncooked, raw," from Proto-Germanic *khrawaz (cf. Old Norse hrar, Danish raa, Old Saxon hra, Middle Dutch rau, Dutch rauw, Old High German hrawer, German roh), from PIE root *kreue- (1) "raw flesh" (cf. Sanskrit kravih "raw flesh," krura- "bloody, raw, hard;" Greek kreas "flesh;" Latin crudus "not cooked," cruor "thick blood;" Old Irish cru, Lithuanian kraujas, Old Church Slavonic kruvi "blood;" Old English hrot "thick fluid, serum").
Meaning "tender, sore" is from late 14c.; of persons, "inexperienced" from 1560s; of weather, "damp and chilly" first recorded 1540s. Related: Rawly; rawness. Raw material is from 1796, with sense of "in a rudimental condition, unfinished." Phrase in the raw "naked" (1921) is from the raw "exposed flesh," attested from 1823. Raw deal "harsh treatment" attested by 1893.

adj not cooked, prepared
adj exposed, tender, referring to skin
adj inexperienced
adj vulgar, nasty
adj harsh, unpleasant, referring to weather

Example sentences :

I was probably the highest private and rawest recruit in the army.
Extract from : « How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion » by George W. Peck

They were about the rawest lot of recruits the sergeant had ever tackled.
Extract from : « Anecdotes of the Great War » by Carleton Britton Case

The officer in charge of them turned to one of the rawest of his men.
Extract from : « Funny Stories Told By The Soldiers » by Carleton B. Case

"It is just a chance—just the rawest of all chances," he went on, ignoring my query.
Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by Francis Lynde

He had touched the old south in its rawest point and he was too new a citizen.
Extract from : « Sons and Fathers » by Harry Stillwell Edwards

There's a partial mass-energy conversion in its rawest form.
Extract from : « Contamination Crew » by Alan Edward Nourse

It is a bright but chilly morning, one of November's rawest efforts.
Extract from : « Airy Fairy Lilian » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

Primitive society held property in common in the gens and clan, but only in the rawest and most undeveloped stage.
Extract from : « Woman under socialism » by August Bebel

But the oldest Christian amongst them needed the exhortation as much as the rawest recruit in the ranks.
Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) » by Alexander Maclaren

A 'Fact,' in the common use of the word, is a particular observation: it is the material of science in its rawest state.
Extract from : « Logic » by Carveth Read

Synonyms for rawest

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