rawness
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈrɔːnəs/
:
irritación
- She looked Stobrod up and down, and the whites of her eyes were startling against the rawness of her skin.
Examples
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And then I recognized that particular flush, the capillaries purple and broken beneath the rawness of a close shave.
Fiction book (1996) -
His chest still felt tender from the rawness of the vomiting.
Fiction book (1993) -
After the blisters, rawness, and pain went away.
Blog text (22) -
"It eased some of the rawness inside him to watch them.
Fiction book (1990) -
The rawness, tenderness, and spanked pink of the head of his thingie.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many unnoticed things are noticed: lines in the face, white in the hair, a rawness in the voice, dents and discolorations in the body.
Fiction book (1992) -
Aye, she felt the rawness between her thighs, but she knew it was the pain of his indifference to her during the entire day and evening that hurt her more.
Fiction book (1994) -
A sting, a rawness you try to blink away but only make worse as sweat drips and irritates.
Fiction book (1992) -
After the sunburn, he felt a painful rawness on his shoulders that made it difficult to wear a shirt.
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The athlete winced as he touched his knee, feeling the rawness from the rough surface of the track.
Synonyms
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1.0
An unpleasant feeling in the body because of injury or illness
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4.5
Pain you feel when an area is sore or sensitive to touch
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2.3
A painful, tender feeling in a part of the body when touched
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3.7
A feeling of hurt in the body caused by injury or illness
A sharp uncomfortable feeling in the body when something hurts
Antonyms
How Sore
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rawness comes from raw, used when skin or flesh feels 'sore' or 'tender', like rubbed or exposed. So rawness can mean a painful, sensitive feeling in the body.