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say it: RAW-nis
rawness is a noun meaning "a chilly dampness". It is pronounced /ˈɹɔnɪs/ — RAW-nis. It carries 4 recorded senses.
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”
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”
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”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for rawness come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.