RAWNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rawness mean? 

• RAWNESS (noun)
  The noun RAWNESS has 4 senses:

1. a chilly dampness

2. the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect

3. a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

4. lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience

  Familiarity information: RAWNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAWNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chilly dampness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

the rawness of the midnight air

Hypernyms ("rawness" is a kind of...):

damp; dampness; moistness (a slight wetness)

Derivation:

raw (unpleasantly cold and damp)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

incompleteness; rawness

Context example:

the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable

Hypernyms ("rawness" is a kind of...):

integrity; unity; wholeness (an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rawness"):

partialness (the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete)

sketchiness (incompleteness of details)

Derivation:

raw (not processed or subjected to analysis)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

rawness; soreness; tenderness

Context example:

after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on

Hypernyms ("rawness" is a kind of...):

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rawness"):

chafing (soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction)

rebound tenderness (pain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation)

chafe (soreness and warmth caused by friction)

Derivation:

raw (having the surface exposed and painful)

raw (hurting)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

inexperience; rawness

Context example:

their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops

Hypernyms ("rawness" is a kind of...):

ignorance (the lack of knowledge or education)

Derivation:

raw (lacking training or experience)

 Context examples 

He manifested the greatest eagerness to be upon deck to watch for the sledge which had before appeared; but I have persuaded him to remain in the cabin, for he is far too weak to sustain the rawness of the atmosphere.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

All this is visible to you by the light of an oil lamp hanging from the ceiling, and by that of an excellent fire, near which I sit in my cloak and bonnet; my muff and umbrella lie on the table, and I am warming away the numbness and chill contracted by sixteen hours' exposure to the rawness of an October day: I left Lowton at four o'clock a.m., and the Millcote town clock is now just striking eight.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)