awakeningn.
1. A rising from sleep, or (in modern use, more commonly) from sloth, inaction, or indifference.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > being roused from inaction
wakeningc1440
stightlinga1500
rousing?a1563
starting up1567
awakening1599
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 257 Ere the time Of her awakening . View more context for this quotation
1646 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 187 To continue vntill the generall awakeninge day.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 186 The awakening of the whole English nation to activity.
1878 in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 17 Dreams divine end in awakenings dull.
c1882 S. Stock Life Abund. 8 The spring, Nature's great awakening.
2. An arousing from sleep or its semblance.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > action, act, or state of waking or being wakened > specific waking or rousing > an act/instance of
cold pie1611
snuft1611
awakening1684
cold pig1870
shake1933
wake-up1975
1684 R. Alleyne (title) A Rebuke to Backsliders..published for the Awakening of a Sleepy Age.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxvii. 287 These violent awakenings must have been annoying to Oliver.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
awakeningadj.
1. Rising as if from sleep.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > rising as if from sleep
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1726 J. Thomson Winter 15 Awakening Nature hears..and starts to Life.
1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 626/1 Awakening buds and blossoms.
2. Fitted to arouse; rousing.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective]
stirring1421
excitative1490
rousing1576
animating1595
excitant1608
exciteful?1615
spirit-stirringa1616
spiritous1624
excitatinga1643
exagitating1646
fermentive1656
awakening1694
electrifying1746
upstirring1751
electrical1760
thrilling1768
excitive1774
proceleusmatic1775
electric1789
inspiriting1796
fermentitious1807
exciting1811
red-hot1835
hair-raising1838
suscitating1840
arousing1841
sizzling1845
zesty1853
excitory1861
throbbing1864
buzzing1882
ding-dong1887
thrillful1887
stir-up1890
large1895
thrilly1896
high voltage1909
voltaic1920
sizzly1936
Boy's Own1967
hot shit1967
crunk1995
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adjective] > rising as if from sleep > rousing as if from sleep
awakening1694
wakening1813
1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Penitent 44 Thy awakening Providences.
1736 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 42 The most awakening writer..of all the ancients.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 7 Sept. 64 The Statute of Libel is a vast Aviary, which incages the awakening Cock..no less than the babbling Magpye and ominous Screech-owl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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