awakening

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/əˈweɪ̯kənɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To cause to become awake.“She awakened him by ringing the bell.”
To stop sleeping; awake.“Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.”
To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.“Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!”
To call to a sense of sin.

noun

The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
Being roused into action or activity.

adjective

Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting“the awakening city an awakening discourse the awakening dawn.”

Related words

Synonyms

awake stir animate energize knock up uprouse wakening waking up wake wake-up waking vigilance stimulus stimulation raising alarm raise resurgence

Antonyms

Associated

kundalini mahayana sutra enlightenment elves consciousness coma buddha sleep conscience latvian revival

Rhymes

reawakening wakening bacon hung

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