Antonyms for in the raw
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : raw |
| Phonetic Transcription : rÉ” |
Definition of in the raw
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.
- As in naked : adj without covering
- As in au naturel : adj without clothing
- As in birthday suit : noun the state of having no clothes on
Synonyms for in the raw
- altogether
- au naturel
- bald
- bare
- bare skin
- bare-skinned
- bared
- barren
- buff
- defenseless
- denuded
- disrobed
- divested
- exposed
- helpless
- in birthday suit
- in dishabille
- in one's birthday suit
- in the altogether
- in the buff
- in the raw
- leafless
- naked
- naked as a jaybird
- nakedness
- native buff
- natural
- nude
- open
- peeled
- raw
- stark-naked
- state of nature
- stripped
- threadbare
- unclad
- unclothed
- unconcealed
- uncovered
- undraped
- undressed
- unprotected
- unveiled
- vulnerable
- without a stitch
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