🥗 Not cooked 🤕 Sore or red 😠 Unfair or harsh 🆕 Inexperienced 🫣 Unclothed 🫣 Nudity 🪵 Unprocessed materials 🌧️ Cold and damp

raw

45 6.3

Harsh and unfair treatment that hurts people

adjective
/rɔ/

: crudo

The player felt he was given a raw deal when the referee made a questionable call during the game.
raw deal
raw emotion
touch a raw nerve

Examples

I got a raw deal.

The Big Sleep (1946)
I think Prince Philip actually gets a bit of a raw deal in the way he's presented.

Princes of the Palace - The Royal British Family (2016)
So I think women can get the raw end of the can get a raw deal.
Sometimes, some people get a raw deal.

Armageddon Time (2022)
You got a raw deal.

Irreplaceable You (2018)
Many believe that she received a raw deal in her job promotion due to favoritism.
After the layoffs, those remaining felt they had to accept a raw deal for the sake of keeping their jobs.

Synonyms

brutal

vsraw

50 4.1

Very direct and harsh in a way that can hurt people

is about unfair or cruel treatment rather than blunt personal manner

harsh

vsraw

47 3.9

Very strong and unpleasant to the senses, like bright light or bitter taste

is about unfair treatment or cruelty rather than sensory roughness

Antonyms

fair

∞ 1.0

Treating people equally and honestly

kind

534 1.0

Being helpful and caring toward other people

Idioms

in the raw

1 5.4

In a natural state without being changed

in the raw

NSFW

8.8

A person who has no clothes on

Compounds

raw material

Specialized

48 2.8

A natural thing used to make goods or energy

raw data

Specialized

21 3.5

Information collected before people process or check it

raw meat

14 1.0

Uncooked meat that people eat

raw deal

Informal

13 4.4

Unfair treatment that hurts someone and is not deserved

raw milk

11 3.4

Milk that is not heated to kill germs

raw talent

9 3.4

A natural ability that is strong but not yet trained

raw vegetable

5 1.0

A vegetable like a carrot or cucumber that is not cooked

raw recruit

1 4.0

A person who has just joined the army and has little training

raw sienna

Specialized

1 7.3

A yellow-brown paint color used in art

raw umber

Specialized

1 7.7

A natural dark brown color from earth used in painting

raw wood

1 2.5

Wood that has not been smoothed or painted

raw wound

NSFW

1 6.6

An injury where the skin is broken and what is under the skin shows

raw throat

3.6

A sore feeling in the throat that makes swallowing hurt

raw beauty

4.1

Strong natural beauty that is not changed by people

raw weather

5.7

Cold, wet weather that feels unpleasant outside

raw wool

3.4

Hair from sheep that has not been cleaned or treated

How Harsh

cruel

522 2.7

brutal

142 4.2

raw

45 6.3

harsh

120 2.9

tough

∞ 2.6

unpleasant

215 1.0

Surface Forms

raw positive

rawer comparative

rawest superlative

Etymology

Raw meaning harsh or brutal comes from the picture of raw, hurting skin, so a raw treatment is one that feels painfully unfair.