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rawness

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Synonyms and Antonyms of rawness

1 an uncomfortable degree of coolness

lit a fire in the hearth to combat the rawness of that blustery March morning

Synonyms of rawness

bite, bitterness, bleakness, chill, chilliness, nip, nippiness, sharpness

Words Related to rawness

briskness, crispness

coldness, frigidity, frigidness, frostiness, gelidity, iciness, wintriness

cold, freeze, snap

Near Antonyms of rawness

balminess, warmness, warmth

heat, hotness, sultriness

2 the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste

to many listeners the music's rawness adds to its authenticitiy

Synonyms of rawness

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

Words Related to rawness

boorishness, brutishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, rowdiness, rusticity, uncouthness

artlessness, gracelessness, inelegance, unsophistication

insensitiveness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

kitsch, tackiness

Near Antonyms of rawness

courtliness, urbanity

elegance, grace, graciousness

consideration, sensitivity, thoughtfulness

Antonyms of rawness

cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness

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