raw

Meanings

• informal terms for nakedness
  • "in the raw"
• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
  • "raw wool"
  • "raw sugar"
• having the surface exposed and painful
  • "a raw wound"
• not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
• not processed or refined
  • "raw sewage"
• devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
  • "raw fury"
  • "you may kill someone someday with your raw power"
• brutally unfair or harsh
  • "received raw treatment from his friends"
  • "a raw deal"
• not processed or subjected to analysis
  • "raw data"
  • "the raw cost of production"
• untempered and unrefined
  • "raw talent"
  • "raw beauty"
• hurting
• unpleasantly cold and damp
• used of wood and furniture
  • "raw wood"
• lacking training or experience
  • "raw recruits"
• (used informally) completely unclothed

Synonyms

altogether, bare-ass, bare-assed, birthday suit, bleak, crude, cutting, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, naked, naked as a jaybird, natural, new, peeled, rude, sensitive, sore, stark naked, tender, unsanded