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raaka — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brutal adjective Extremely violent, cruel, or harsh.
  • brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
  • green adj Having the colour of growing grass or leaves.
  • harsh adj Unpleasantly rough, severe, or unforgiving — used for weather, conditions, sounds, or treatment.
  • naked adj Wearing no clothes at all.
  • neat adj Tidy and orderly; clean in appearance.
  • rare adj Not common; found or happening only occasionally.
  • raw adjective Not cooked.
  • savage adj Extremely fierce, violent, or brutal.
  • short adjective Not long in length, distance, or duration.
  • straight adjective Extending in one direction without bending or curving.
  • uncouth adjective Lacking good manners; crude or unrefined in behavior.
  • unrefined adj crude, raw or unprocessed
  • vicious adj Deliberately cruel, violent, or savage.
  • yard noun An outdoor area next to or enclosed by a building, often with a lawn or garden.

Senses

raaka is used for these senses in English:

  • brutal Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
  • green Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
  • green (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
  • greige (textiles) Of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; unfinished.
  • naked Glib, without decoration, put bluntly.
  • neat Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
  • rare (cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
  • raw Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. [from 10th c.] (of materials, products, etc.)

brutal — full definition

  1. adjective Extremely violent, cruel, or harsh.
  2. adjective Blunt and unpleasant, but honest.

brute — full definition

  1. noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
  2. adjective Purely physical, with no reasoning or subtlety involved.

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