rawness

rawness

noun

Definition of RAWNESS

1

an uncomfortable degree of coolness <lit a fire in the hearth to combat the rawness of that blustery March morning>

Synonyms bite, bitterness, bleakness, chilliness, nip, nippiness, rawness, sharpness

Related Words briskness, crispness; coldness, frigidity, frigidness, frostiness, gelidity, iciness, wintriness; cold, freeze, snap

Near Antonyms balminess, warmness, warmth; heat, hotness, sultriness

2

the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste <to many teens the music's rawness is part of its appeal>

Synonyms coarseness, commonness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, grossness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, raffishness, rawness, roughness, rudeness, tastelessness

Related Words boorishness, brutishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, rowdiness, rusticity, uncouthness; artlessness, gracelessness, inelegance, unsophistication; insensitiveness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness; kitsch, tackiness

Near Antonyms courtliness, urbanity; elegance, grace, graciousness; consideration, sensitivity, thoughtfulness

Antonyms cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness