Meanings
adjectiveawakening (comparative more awakening, superlative most awakening)
comparative more awakening · superlative most awakening
- Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
the awakening city
2 more examples
an awakening discourse
the awakening dawn
nounawakening (plural awakenings)
plural awakenings
- The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
- lifestyleA revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
- figurativelyBeing roused into action or activity.
When I invited women to decide for themselves which rite of passage to talk or write about, I found that only a few chose their sexual awakening.
2007, Abigail Brenner, Women's Rites of Passage, page 25 - The act of becoming aware of something.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of awaken
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Danish opvågning, vækkelse
- opvågningthe act of awaking
- vækkelsethe act of awaking
- opvågningbeing roused into action or activity
Esperanto vekiĝo
- vekiĝothe act of awaking
Finnish herääminen, herätys
- herääminenthe act of awaking
- herätysthe act of awaking
- herätysa revival of religion
French réveil
- réveilthe act of awaking
German Erwachen
- Erwachenthe act of awaking
Greek ξύπνημα, αφύπνιση
- ξύπνημα (xýpnima)the act of awaking
- αφύπνιση (afýpnisi)the act of awaking
Hebrew התעוררות
- התעוררות (hitorerut)the act of awaking
Hindi जागना, जागरण
- जागना (jāgnā)the act of awaking
- जागरण (jāgraṇ)being roused into action or activity
Hungarian ébredés, felébredés
- ébredésthe act of awaking
- felébredésthe act of awaking
- ébredezésthe act of awaking
- ébredésbeing roused into action or activity
- eszmélésbeing roused into action or activity
- ráébredésbeing roused into action or activity
- rádöbbenésbeing roused into action or activity
- ráeszmélésbeing roused into action or activity
Icelandic uppvakning, vakning
- uppvakningthe act of awaking
- vakningthe act of awaking
- trúarvakninga revival of religion
- vakninga revival of religion
Indonesian kebangunan, kebangkitan
- kebangunanthe act of awaking
- kebangkitana revival of religion
- kebangkitanbeing roused into action or activity
Italian risveglio, rinnovamento
- risvegliothe act of awaking
- rinnovamentoa revival of religion
- risveglioa revival of religion
Latin ēvigilātiō
- ēvigilātiōthe act of awaking
Norwegian Bokmål oppvåkning, vekkelse
- oppvåkningthe act of awaking
- vekkelsethe act of awaking
- oppvåkningbeing roused into action or activity
Polish budzenie, budzenie się
- budzeniethe act of awaking
- budzenie sięthe act of awaking
- przebudzeniethe act of awaking
Portuguese despertar, acordamento
- despertarthe act of awaking
- acordamentothe act of awaking
Russian пробужде́ние, пробужде́ние
- пробужде́ние (probuždénije)the act of awaking
- пробужде́ние (probuždénije)a revival of religion
- пробужде́ние (probuždénije)being roused into action or activity
Scottish Gaelic dùsgadh, dùsgadh
- dùsgadhthe act of awaking
- dùsgadha revival of religion
Spanish despertar, despertamiento
- despertarthe act of awaking
- despertamientothe act of awaking
- despertara revival of religion
- despertarbeing roused into action or activity
- despertamientobeing roused into action or activity
Swedish uppvaknande, väckelse
- uppvaknandethe act of awaking
- väckelsethe act of awaking
- väckelsea revival of religion
Ukrainian пробудження
- пробудження (probudžennja)the act of awaking
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Chicago
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