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as in chill
an uncomfortable degree of coolness
lit a fire in the hearth to combat the rawness of that blustery March morning
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as in roughness
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
to many listeners the music's rawness adds to its authenticitiy
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Recent Examples of rawness
Its level of rawness sends her home, and Duyen looks a little bit devastated, a little bit furious when Kristen announces her name.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 May 2026
Individuals born with Pluto in Scorpio embody emotional rawness, psychological depth and an innate psychic awareness in its purest form.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
Yet that rawness is exactly why the landscape is teeming with sea lions, marine iguanas, and blue-footed boobies.
—Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
There’s a kind of imperfection and emotional rawness, but also these moments of incredible refinement, ugliness, and exquisiteness.
—Lilyanna D'amato, ARTnews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Hathaway hurls herself into that punishing sequence with violent physical force and emotional rawness.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Without revealing specific plot points, Hall’s work in the latter half of the season stands out for its rawness and emotional clarity.
—Scott Shilstone, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
For me, navigating the dual role of big sister and eldest daughter, that rawness feels like an open wound.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2026
That rawness is exactly what draws people back to it — the clip predates the entire visual language of modern online video.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 May 2026
Individuals born with Pluto in Scorpio embody emotional rawness, psychological depth and an innate psychic awareness in its purest form.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
Yet that rawness is exactly why the landscape is teeming with sea lions, marine iguanas, and blue-footed boobies.
—Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
There’s a kind of imperfection and emotional rawness, but also these moments of incredible refinement, ugliness, and exquisiteness.
—Lilyanna D'amato, ARTnews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Hathaway hurls herself into that punishing sequence with violent physical force and emotional rawness.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
Without revealing specific plot points, Hall’s work in the latter half of the season stands out for its rawness and emotional clarity.
—Scott Shilstone, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
For me, navigating the dual role of big sister and eldest daughter, that rawness feels like an open wound.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2026
That rawness is exactly what draws people back to it — the clip predates the entire visual language of modern online video.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rawness
Noun
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Cover loosely with plastic and chill until set, at least 1 hour and up to 12 hours.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 June 2026
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Trump’s trade war is causing a chill in investment.—
Rob Gillies,
Fortune,
14 June 2026
Noun
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There can also be a trade-off in comfort if increasing roughness and density reduces airflow, meaning heat can’t escape as easily.—
Sumit Mandal,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
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But even something about this roughness seems, in its way, right.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Add the lime juice just before serving to preserve brightness and prevent bitterness.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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How did someone emerge from such darkness without becoming consumed by bitterness?—
Norman B. Gildin,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Comprising classmates Nilsson, Nutt, James Falconer, Suellen Rocca, Art Green, and Karl Wirsum, the Who held their first exhibition at Chicago’s Hyde Park Art Center in 1966, ushering a new mode of dank, bawdy rudeness into the city’s milieu.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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But these days civility, much like rudeness, can ride a stream of shares and retweets to the far corners of the world.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Harrison still evokes painterly fugues of light and pungent smells, but they’re offset by a growing bleakness, and there’s less humor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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But there’s also a discernible strain of hope and timeliness amid the bleakness in some of the most recent hits.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Noun
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He is charged with open and lewd grossness.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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In fact, plenty of other things in your home surpass the toilet in terms of grossness.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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My crassness or nihilism or absurdity is real.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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The disgusting yet addictive opulence and crassness of the Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sánchez wedding.—
David Mack,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
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But many seemingly urbane texts also benefited from the intellectual and moral coarseness of their times.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Rawness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rawness. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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