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raw
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of RAW
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being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining <raw sugar is honey-colored because the crystals retain cane juices, minerals, and other impurities that haven't been refined out>
Related Words undeveloped; rough-hewn, semifinished, unfinished, unpolished; uncooked; impure, unfiltered
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lacking in adult experience or maturity <recruiters like to say the military turns raw youths into responsible men and women>
Synonyms adolescent, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, puerile, raw, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened
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uncomfortably cool <evenings in those mountains, even during the summer, tend to be a little raw>
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causing intense discomfort to one's skin <bundle up if you're going sailing, as there's a raw wind out there in the bay>
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showing no signs of being under control <a frightening display of raw anger>
Synonyms abandoned, intemperate, raw, runaway, unbounded, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, unhampered, unhindered, unrestrained
Antonyms bridled, checked, constrained, controlled, curbed, governed, hampered, hindered, restrained, temperate
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lacking or shed of clothing <a private men's health club where it was common for men to swim raw>
Synonyms au naturel, bare, bottomless, disrobed, mother-naked, nude, raw, starkers [chiefly British], stripped, unclad, unclothed, undressed
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