Antonyms for raw
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : raw |
| Phonetic Transcription : rÉ” |
Definition of 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.
- adj not cooked, prepared
- adj exposed, tender, referring to skin
- adj inexperienced
- adj vulgar, nasty
- adj harsh, unpleasant, referring to weather
- If milk of this kind must be used, some raw food should be given with it.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Closer to her than the hospital was life in the raw that night.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It was December then, gray and raw, with a wet snow that changed to rain as it fell.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Most of these are raw boys, who know all that can be learned of war on a cricket field.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I should have judged that you were a raw recruit in the camp of the enemy.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- But everything is raw, for the Iroquois are thorough savages.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The raw material out of which theology created the future state.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- There we shall build sheds for the storage of the raw material.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- As he gazes on the rushing flood he thinks of the waste of raw material.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various
- He cared nothing for raw fish, but he knew their possibilities.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
Synonyms for raw
- abraded
- au naturel
- basic
- biting
- bitter
- bleak
- blistered
- bloody
- breezy
- bruised
- callow
- chafed
- chill
- chilly
- coarse
- cold
- crass
- crude
- cut
- damp
- dirty
- dressed
- fibrous
- filthy
- foul
- freezing
- fresh
- galled
- grazed
- green
- gross
- hard
- ignorant
- immature
- impure
- indecent
- inelegant
- inexperienced
- low
- mean
- naked
- native
- natural
- new
- nude
- obscene
- open
- organic
- pared
- peeled
- piercing
- pornographic
- rank
- rough
- rough-hewn
- rude
- scraped
- scratched
- sensitive
- skinned
- smutty
- sore
- unbaked
- unclad
- unclothed
- unconversant
- uncooked
- uncouth
- uncovered
- undercooked
- underdone
- undisciplined
- undressed
- unfashioned
- unformed
- unfried
- ungraded
- unpasteurized
- unpracticed
- unprepared
- unprocessed
- unrefined
- unripe
- unscrupulous
- unseasoned
- unskilled
- unsorted
- unstained
- untaught
- untrained
- untreated
- untried
- unversed
- wet
- wind-swept
- windy
- wounded
- young
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