awaking
Emerging from sleep
Awaking is rousing from sleep or unconsciousness, or becoming aware of something: She was just awaking when the phone rang.
The word serves as both the present participle of awake and a noun for the process itself.
It's slightly more literary than the common alternative, waking.
Day's first glow
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- daybreakMorning's first light
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- cockcrowDawn, announced by fowl
sunup · stretching · yawning · birdsong · first light · early hours · bed · pillow
State of perceiving reality
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- rousingExciting strong feeling
- coming toRegaining awareness after unconsciousness
alertness · cognition · sentience · realization · perception · mindfulness · clarity · recognition
Arousing strong emotion
- shakingRapid involuntary movement
- nudgingLight push to prompt
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- wake-up callJolt into awareness
reveille · jolt · startle · interruption · knocking · calling · prodding · summoning
Profound spiritual awakening
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- realizationGrasping what's true
discovery · understanding · awareness · eye-opening · coming alive · inspiration · activation · galvanizing
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- revivalReturn after decline
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
restoration · new beginning · fresh start · transformation · spring · blossoming · emergence · regeneration
dawn
Day's first glow
cockcrow · sunup · stretching · yawning · birdsong · first light · early hours · bed · pillow · blankets
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- rousingExciting strong feeling
coming to · alertness · cognition · sentience · realization · perception · mindfulness · clarity · recognition · emerging
stirring
Arousing strong emotion
wake-up call · reveille · jolt · startle · interruption · knocking · calling · prodding · summoning · beckoning
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
realization · discovery · understanding · awareness · eye-opening · coming alive · inspiration · activation · galvanizing · motivating
rebirth
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- revivalReturn after decline
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
renaissance · restoration · new beginning · fresh start · transformation · spring · blossoming · emergence · regeneration · rekindling
awakingfalling asleep
Beginning to slumber
drifting off · nodding off · dozing off · going to sleep · slumbering
awakingsleeping
Unconscious rest state
slumbering · dormant · unconscious · comatose · resting
awakingfading
Gradual loss of intensity
dimming · zoning out · tuning out · blanking out · spacing out
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