wakened

Came to consciousness

Wakened is the past tense and past participle of waken, meaning to rouse from sleep or cause to become alert: She wakened to the sound of thunder, The noise wakened the baby.

Waken and its forms are slightly more literary than wake, though both are standard.

arousal

roused

Stirred from slumber

  • stirredMixed by circular motion
  • wokenBrought to consciousness
  • risenMoved upward already

awoke · disturbed · shaken · startled · alerted · summoned · called · nudged · prodded · prompted

morning

dawn

Day's first glow

rooster · coffee · sunlight · stretch · yawn · early · pillow · bedside · grogginess · bleary-eyed

renewal

rejuvenated

Made to feel young

reinvigorated · reanimated · revitalized · rekindled · reawakened · resurrected · regenerated · renewed · reborn · recovered

awareness

alert

Warning or watchfulness

vigilant · observant · responsive · lucid · perceptive · watchful · keen · focused · clear-headed · sharp

spiritual

enlightenment

Profound spiritual awakening

satori · illumination · revelation · clarity · self-discovery · transcendence · mindfulness · consciousness · kundalini · born-again

Opposites
state of consciousness

wakenedasleep

In a state of rest

sleeping · slumbering · unconscious · dormant · unwakened

activation/arousal

wakenedlulled

Calmed into ease

dormant · soothed · calmed · quieted · suppressed

causative action

wakenedput to sleep

Induce unconsciousness or death

lulled · sedated · anaesthetized · tranquilized · hypnotized

Family

awakening, awakened, waken, awakens, wakens, wakening, rewaken, rewakens

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