wakings
Ends of slumber
Wakings are instances of waking up or becoming conscious.
The word appears most often in contexts of repeated or notable awakenings: Her early wakings became routine, the fitful wakings of a feverish child.
Waking hours—time spent awake—is the more common related phrase.
State of sentient awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- clarityState of being understandable
- lucidityClearness of mind
- realizationGrasping what's true
mindfulness · perception · sentience · enlightenment · insight · cognition · understanding · attentiveness
Day's first glow
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- daybreakMorning's first light
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- roosterMale domestic fowl
coffee · stretching · yawning · sunlight · early · breakfast · shower · freshness
Post-illness healing phase
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
bedside · nurses · monitoring · sedation · unconsciousness · grogginess · disorientation · intensive-care
Inability to rest
- restlessnessState of unease
- tossingLight underhand throw
- turningAct of rotating
- nightDark hours daily
anxiety · hyperarousal · overthinking · fatigue · frustration · clock-watching · darkness · silence
Profound spiritual awakening
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- meditationFocused attention practice
- illuminationProvision of light
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
bodhi · kundalini · epiphany · rebirth · transformation · liberation · nirvana · revelation
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
realization · mindfulness · perception · sentience · enlightenment · insight · cognition · understanding · attentiveness · presence
dawn
Day's first glow
rooster · coffee · stretching · yawning · sunlight · early · breakfast · shower · freshness · beginning
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
hospital · bedside · nurses · monitoring · sedation · unconsciousness · grogginess · disorientation · intensive-care · revival
sleeplessness
Inability to rest
- restlessnessState of unease
- tossingLight underhand throw
- turningAct of rotating
night · anxiety · hyperarousal · overthinking · fatigue · frustration · clock-watching · darkness · silence · pillow
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- meditationFocused attention practice
- illuminationProvision of light
satori · bodhi · kundalini · epiphany · rebirth · transformation · liberation · nirvana · revelation · self-realization
wakingsslumbers
Sleeps, often peacefully
sleeps · rests · dormancies · naps · hibernations
- waking upEmerging from sleep
- waking dreamVivid fantasy while conscious
- waking lifeConscious daily experience
- night wakingInterrupted sleep after dark
- waking up on the wrong side of bedFeeling irritable without cause
- waking livesNon-sleeping periods of existence