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rawness

noun

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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