Waken
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈweɪkən/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Waken is a verb meaning (transitive) To wake or rouse from sleep.
Meaning
(transitive) To wake or rouse from sleep.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
Example Sentences
Early, Turnus wakening with the light.
She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
Word Forms
- wakens
- wakening
- wakened
Synonyms for waken
Depending on context, synonyms include disturb, arouse, awaken, wake, awake, wake up.
Antonyms for waken
Common opposites include drop off.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include awaken, wake, wake up, awake, arouse, bestir.
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