Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of awaken
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But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
comparative more awakened · superlative most awakened
- Having been woken up.
The awakened baby began to cry.
- Aroused; alerted; activated; enlightened.
an awakened interest in ballet
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Lined against them are more progressive and populist leaning opposition parties campaigning for democratic reforms that have a history of attracting […] a new generation of politically awakened young people.
2023 May 14, Heather Chen, Kocha Olarn, “Polls close in Thailand as opposition takes on kingdom’s conservative cliques”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(somewhat formal) having been waked up
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἔξυπνος
- ἔξυπνος (éxupnos)having been woken up
Finnish herätetty, herätetty
- herätettyhaving been woken up
- herätettyaroused or activated
Cite this entry
awakened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awakened
“awakened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awakened. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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