/ɹɔˈnɪs/ - [ronis] - raw•ness
We found 7 definitions of rawness from 4 different sources.
NounPlural: rawnesses |
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rawness - a chilly dampness; "the rawness of the midnight air" | ||
damp, dampness, moistness a slight wetness | ||
rawness - 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" | ||
tenderness, soreness | ||
hurting, pain a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain" | ||
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 | ||
rawness - 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" | ||
incompleteness | ||
completeness (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system | ||
integrity, wholeness, unity moral soundness; "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity" | ||
partialness the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete | ||
rawness - 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" | ||
inexperience | ||
ignorance the lack of knowledge or education |