wakenings
Coming to consciousness
Wakenings is the plural of wakening, which denotes the act or process of waking from sleep or unconsciousness.
It often carries a more gradual or poetic quality than simply "waking up," suggesting a transition into awareness.
The word also extends to figurative uses describing the emergence of new understanding or consciousness: spiritual wakenings, political wakenings.
It appears most often in literary or reflective contexts rather than everyday speech.
Arousing strong emotion
- rousingExciting strong feeling
- risingAct of ascending
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- yawningOpening mouth when tired
blinking · grogginess · drowsiness · alarm · morning · sunrise · daybreak · cockcrow
State of perceiving reality
- realizationGrasping what's true
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- cognizanceState of knowing something
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
sentience · mindfulness · lucidity · clarity · self-awareness · enlightenment · arousal · stirring
Return after dormancy
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- renewalMaking current again
- reawakeningRenewed consciousness or awareness
revitalization · resuscitation · regeneration · rekindling · restoration · rejuvenation · comeback · reanimation
Profound spiritual awakening
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- illuminationProvision of light
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
bodhi · conversion · born-again · revelation · mystical · kundalini · nirvana · samadhi
stirring
Arousing strong emotion
- rousingExciting strong feeling
- risingAct of ascending
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
yawning · blinking · grogginess · drowsiness · alarm · morning · sunrise · daybreak · cockcrow · reveille
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- realizationGrasping what's true
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- cognizanceState of knowing something
perception · sentience · mindfulness · lucidity · clarity · self-awareness · enlightenment · arousal · stirring · rousing
resurgence
Return after dormancy
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
- renewalMaking current again
reawakening · revitalization · resuscitation · regeneration · rekindling · restoration · rejuvenation · comeback · reanimation · reinvigoration
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- illuminationProvision of light
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
satori · bodhi · conversion · born-again · revelation · mystical · kundalini · nirvana · samadhi · moksha
wakeningsfadings
Gradual losses of strength
stupefactions · oblivions · blackouts · forgettings · faintings