awaken (sth) in sb
— phrasal verb with awaken uk/əˈweɪ.kən/us/əˈweɪ.kən/verb [ I or T ] literary
If a wish, interest, or emotion awakens or is awakened in you, you notice it for the first time:
My holiday in Paris awakened a passion for French food in me.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- be associated with sth
- beget
- blaze a trail idiom
- draw
- fuel
- instigator
- introduce
- jumping-off point
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
See more results »