raw

Examples

• All

• Like obviously the bump is still there, but usually this is like raw and looks super angry.

  Taylor Wynn

• And so my lips are kind of raw and my lips are kind of burning.

• I think it looks a little bit too raw on my skin.

• The skin net was really raw, really dry and really sensitive.

  Edward Avila

• It's just that my heel is getting rather raw.

  Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

• So on the one hand, a wound, if it's very raw, if you touch it, it just really hurts.

  The Diary Of A CEO

• Course they are, but doesn't take much to make you feel the way you felt, back there again, skin all raw.

  All of Us Strangers (2023)

• My heels are raw, we've walked that far.

  Albert Nobbs (2011)

• Her command blazed through my mind, leaving a raw, throbbing pain in its wake.

  Fiction book (1993)

• After hiking all day, my back was so raw that I could hardly stand to wear my backpack.

Synonyms

S

sore

vsraw

192 1.0

Having pain in a part of the body when touched

adds visible redness or abrasion as well as simple tenderness

T

tender

vsraw

24 3.4

Sore when touched or moved

is about actual damaged or reddened skin rather than just sensitivity

S

sunburned

vsraw

12 1.0

Skin that is red and painful after too much sun

is similar but can result from many causes, not only the sun

I

inflamed

vsraw

6 4.3

Hot, swollen, red, and often painful because of injury or infection

focuses on visible pain and exposure rather than heat and swelling

G

galled

vsraw

1 7.9

Skin that is sore or raw from rubbing

is broader, covering any painful red or exposed skin

C

chafed

vsraw

4.9

Skin that is sore and red from rubbing against clothes

is the general state of painful or exposed skin rather than the action

B

blistered

vsraw

3.1

Having small raised areas on the skin filled with fluid from rubbing

covers sore or red skin without implying blisters or fluid

Antonyms

S

smooth

256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

U

uninjured

7 1.8

Not hurt physically

H

healed

1.0

Not sick or hurt anymore and back to normal

Idioms

I

in the raw

1 5.4

In a natural state without being changed

I

in the raw

• NSFW

8.8

A person who has no clothes on

Compounds

R

raw material

• Specialized

48 2.8

A natural thing used to make goods or energy

R

raw data

• Specialized

21 3.5

Information collected before people process or check it

R

raw meat

14 1.0

Uncooked meat that people eat

R

raw deal

• Informal

13 4.4

Unfair treatment that hurts someone and is not deserved

R

raw milk

11 3.4

Milk that is not heated to kill germs

R

raw talent

9 3.4

A natural ability that is strong but not yet trained

R

raw vegetable

5 1.0

A vegetable like a carrot or cucumber that is not cooked

R

raw recruit

1 4.0

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

R

raw sienna

• Specialized

1 7.3

A yellow-brown paint color used in art

R

raw umber

• Specialized

1 7.7

A natural dark brown color from earth used in painting

R

raw wood

1 2.5

Wood that has not been smoothed or painted

R

raw wound

• NSFW

1 6.6

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

R

raw throat

3.6

A sore feeling in the throat that makes swallowing hurt

R

raw beauty

4.1

Strong natural beauty that is not changed by people

R

raw weather

5.7

Cold, wet weather that feels unpleasant outside

R

raw wool

3.4

Hair from sheep that has not been cleaned or treated

How Sore

raw

46 3.8

sore

49 2.2

tender

24 3.4

Surface Forms

Etymology