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Rawness   /rˈɔnɪs/   Listen
Rawness

noun
1.
A chilly dampness.
2.
The state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect.  Synonym: incompleteness.  "The rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"
3.
A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched).  Synonyms: soreness, tenderness.  "After taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on"
4.
Lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience.  Synonym: inexperience.  "Their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"





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"Rawness" Quotes from Famous Books



... non-preparation, absence of preparation, want of preparation; inculture^, inconcoction^, improvidence. immaturity, crudity; rawness &c adj.; abortion; disqualification. [Absence of art] nature, state of nature; virgin soil, unweeded garden; neglect &c 460. rough copy &c (plan) 626; germ &c 153; raw material &c 635. improvisation &c (impulse) 612. V. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... take charge of Fulvia; I had proposed myself that pleasure, intending that you should escort Sempronia, and Decius my own Orestilla; but, as it is, we will each abide by his own lady; and Paullus here will pardon the youth and rawness ...
— The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2) • Henry William Herbert


Words linked to "Rawness" :   chafe, damp, sketchiness, incompleteness, tenderness, moistness, hurting, raw, unity, wholeness, soreness, chafing, integrity, ignorance, partialness, pain, experience, rebound tenderness, completeness, dampness


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