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How to pronounce rawness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms inexperience
Type of ignorance
Derivation raw


their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops.
Type Words
Synonyms incompleteness
Type of wholeness, unity, integrity
Has types partialness, sketchiness
Derivation raw


the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable.
Type Words
Synonyms soreness, tenderness
Type of pain, hurting
Has types chafe, chafing, rebound tenderness
Derivation raw


after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on.
Type Words
Type of moistness, damp, dampness
Derivation raw


the rawness of the midnight air.

Examples of rawness

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With this one there is a rawness that I would have thought might push people out.
From the chron.com
There was a lot of rawness there that they totally filter out in their records.
From the orlandosentinel.com
This actually pays off, adding a definite rawness and coherence to the project.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Instead, Charlton's rawness seems calculated to conjure a series of responses.
From the washingtonpost.com
And in the rawness of her grief, Hensler found some of them downright hurtful.
From the washingtonpost.com
The rawness of the interior spaces is complemented by their pleasing eccentricity.
From the washingtonpost.com
Subway signs add a touch of urban rawness to this otherwise genteel bathroom.
From the independent.co.uk
He wrote a new ending, one he believed stayed true to the emotional rawness.
From the denverpost.com
This rawness, this complete fearlessness, in giving everything, and leaving nothing.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A chilly dampness; "the rawness of the midnight air"
  • Incompleteness: the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"
  • Tenderness: a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on"
  • Inexperience: lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"