| noun | informal terms for nakedness “in the raw” |
| adjective | (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes “natural yogurt” |
| adjective | having the surface exposed and painful “a raw wound” |
| adjective | not treated with heat to prepare it for eating |
| adjective | not processed or refined “raw sewage” |
| adjective | devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure “naked ambition” |
| adjective | brutally unfair or harsh “received raw treatment from his friends” |
| adjective | not processed or subjected to analysis “raw data” |
| adjective | untempered and unrefined “raw talent” |
| adjective | hurting “the tender spot on his jaw” |
| adjective | unpleasantly cold and damp “bleak winds of the North Atlantic” |
| adjective | used of wood and furniture “raw wood” |
| adjective | lacking training or experience “the new men were eager to fight” |
| adjective | (used informally) completely unclothed |
| rawness | noun | a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) |
| nakedness | noun | characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive |
| crudity | noun | a wild or unrefined state |
| sensitivity | noun | (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation |
| soreness | noun | a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) |
| tenderness | noun | a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) |
| bleakness | noun | a bleak and desolate atmosphere |