awakenverb [ I or T ]
uk/əˈweɪ.kən/us/əˈweɪ.kən/literaryto stop sleeping or to make someone stop sleeping:
They were awakened by the sound of gunfire.
I awakened at dawn to find him beside me.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious
- awoke
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round
- conscious
- consciousness
- insomniac
- keep sb up
- knock
- land
- morning person
- not sleep a wink idiom
- rise and shine! idiom
- sit up
- stay
- stir
- toss
- wait up
- wake (sb) up
- waking
- woken
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Phrasal verb(s)
awaken (sth) in sb
awaken sb to sth