awakening 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of awakeningnext
as in waking

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awakening

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verb

present participle of awaken
1
as in awaking
to cause to stop sleeping be quiet or you'll awaken the kids

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2
as in wakening
to cease to be asleep guests at the B and B usually awaken to the smell of fresh pancakes

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  1. waking
  2. arousing
  3. rousing
  4. stimulating
Adjective
  • Students spend more waking hours a day at school than at home in the July-May.
    Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Teens spend much of their waking time with peers and friends.
    Catherine Bagwell, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2020
Definition of waking
Adjective
  • Squeezing lube out of a bottle until the cold goop squirts out isn't the most arousing act.
    Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Some research suggests that men around the world find a specific waist-to-hip ratio (0.7) to be most arousing.
    Ogi Ogas, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
Definition of arousing
Adjective
  • But a packed house full of fans of both Flanagan and the legendary Stephen King made for one of the most rousing screenings of this young festival.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024
  • One of the most rousing action-comedies ever made, and one that possesses an undeniable heft in its practical effects, The General builds beautifully off of its premise to create a handful of cinema’s most dizzying, entertaining chase sequences.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
Definition of rousing
Adjective
  • However, The Night of the Hunter is compelling, visually stimulating, and downright thrilling.
    B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The surface array the company built also has 12 stimulating electrodes composed of 8,400 graphene micro-islands that can deliver focused stimulation, but in this initial human study, the stimulation won’t be turned on.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 26 Sep. 2024
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