not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture: raw cotton.
unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument.
painfully open, as a sore or wound.
crude in quality or character; not tempered or refined by art or taste: raw humor.
ignorant, inexperienced, or untrained: a raw recruit.
brutally or grossly frank: a raw portrayal of human passions.
brutally harsh or unfair: a raw deal; receiving raw treatment from his friends.
disagreeably damp and chilly, as the weather or air: a raw, foggy day at the beach.
not diluted, as alcoholic spirits: raw whiskey.
unprocessed or unevaluated: raw data.
noun
a sore or irritated place, as on the flesh.
unrefined sugar, oil, etc.
Idioms for raw
in the raw,
in the natural, uncultivated, or unrefined state: nature in the raw.
Informal.in the nude; naked: sunbathing in the raw.
Origin of raw
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hrēaw, hrǣw; cognate with Dutch rauw,German roh; akin to Latin crūdus raw (see crude), cruor blood, Greek kréas raw flesh
SYNONYMS FOR raw
2 unprepared, rough, makeshift.
6 undisciplined, green, unskilled, unpracticed.
9 cold, wet.
10 straight, neat.
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ANTONYMS FOR raw
1 cooked.
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synonym study for raw
2. Raw,crude,rude refer to something not in a finished or highly refined state. Raw applies particularly to material not yet changed by a process, by manufacture, or by preparation for consumption: raw cotton; raw leather.Crude refers to that which still needs refining: crude petroleum.Rude refers to what is still in a condition of rough simplicity or in a makeshift or roughly made form: rude agricultural implements; the rude bridge that arched the flood.