rawest

ADJECTIVE

not cooked, prepared

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basic coarse crude fresh natural organic rough uncooked undercooked unprocessed untreated

STRONG

green native

WEAK

bloody callow fibrous hard immature impure rough-hewn rude unbaked underdone undressed unfashioned unformed unfried ungraded unpasteurized unprepared unrefined unripe unsorted unstained

Antonyms

STRONGEST

gentle nice polished polite refined smooth sophisticated unnatural

WEAK

clean clement cooked done experienced good healed healthy moral pleasant warm well-done

ADJECTIVE

exposed, tender, referring to skin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

peeled

STRONG

cut nude open sensitive sore wounded

WEAK

abraded au naturel blistered bruised chafed dressed galled grazed naked pared scraped scratched skinned unclad unclothed uncovered

Antonyms

WEAK

clean clement cooked done experienced good healed healthy moral pleasant sophisticated warm well-done

ADJECTIVE

inexperienced

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fresh

STRONG

green young

WEAK

callow ignorant immature inexperienced new unconversant undisciplined unpracticed unseasoned unskilled untaught untrained untried unversed

Antonyms

STRONG

old

WEAK

clean clement cooked done experienced good healed healthy moral pleasant sophisticated warm well-done

ADJECTIVE

vulgar, nasty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coarse crude rough

STRONG

foul gross low mean rank

WEAK

crass dirty filthy indecent inelegant obscene pornographic rude smutty uncouth unrefined unscrupulous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

gentle nice polished polite refined smooth sophisticated

STRONG

clean honest moral

WEAK

clement cooked done experienced good healed healthy pleasant warm well-done

ADJECTIVE

harsh, unpleasant, referring to weather

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bitter cold wet

STRONG

chill chilly damp freezing

WEAK

biting bleak breezy piercing wind-swept windy

Antonyms

STRONG

friendly hot responsive sympathetic warm

WEAK

clean clement cooked done experienced good healed healthy moral pleasant sophisticated well-done

Example Sentences

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That had been sport in its rawest form without a penny at stake.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024

It’s genuinely therapeutic to just peel back all the layers and say the rawest, realest version of your truth.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024

In “Anatomy of a Fall,” even the rawest of emotional truths turn out to be booby-trapped, and the ever-thin boundaries between life and art are repeatedly violated.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

Fatoumata Diawara, from Mali, rides a galloping six-beat modal groove topped by the Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca in “Blues,” which is by far the rawest song on her new album of international fusions, “London Ko.”

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

The files on the murders of the Osage contained history in its rawest form: bits of data vacuumed up without any chronology or narrative, like a novel whose pages were out of order.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann