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wakeful
wake·ful W0011600 (wāk′fəl)adj.1. a. Not sleeping or not able to sleep.b. Without sleep; sleepless.2. Watchful; alert. wake′ful·ly adv.wake′ful·ness n.wakeful (ˈweɪkfʊl) adj1. unable or unwilling to sleep2. sleepless3. alert ˈwakefully adv ˈwakefulness nwake•ful (ˈweɪk fəl) adj. 1. unable to sleep. 2. sleepless: a wakeful night. [1540–50] wake′ful•ly, adv. wake′ful•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | wakeful - carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"open-eyed, vigilant, argus-eyedalert, watchful - engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" | | 2. | wakeful - (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night"lightshallow - not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; "shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance" | | 3. | wakeful - marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"wakingawake - not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake" |
wakefuladjective sleepless, restless, insomniac, unsleeping, disturbed Wakeful babies often continue to need little sleep as they grow older. sleepless asleep, dormant, dozingwakefuladjective1. Not in a state of sleep:awake, unsleeping, wide-awake.2. Marked by an absence of sleep:sleepless, slumberless.3. Vigilantly attentive:alert, observant, open-eyed, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake.Idiom: on the ball.Translationswake1 (weik) – past tense woke (wouk) (rare) waked: past participle woken (ˈwoukən) , (rare) waked – verb to bring or come back to consciousness after being asleep. He woke to find that it was raining; Go and wake the others, will you? 睡醒,喚醒 醒,唤醒 ˈwakeful adjective1. not asleep; not able to sleep. a wakeful child. 醒著的 醒着的2. (of a night) in which one gets little sleep. We spent a wakeful night worrying about her. 失眠的 不眠的ˈwakefully adverb 醒著地,睡不著地,失眠地 睡不著地ˈwakefulness noun 醒著,無法入睡,失眠 失眠ˈwaken verb to wake. What time are you going to waken him?; I wakened early. 睡醒 睡醒wake up1. to wake. Wake up! You're late; The baby woke up in the middle of the night. 醒來 醒来2. to become aware of. It is time you woke up to the fact that you are not working hard enough. 覺醒 觉醒wakeful
wakeful (wāk′fŭl) [AS. wacian, to be awake, + full, complete] 1. Not able to sleep; sleepless.2. Alert.wakeful
Synonyms for wakefuladj sleeplessSynonyms- sleepless
- restless
- insomniac
- unsleeping
- disturbed
AntonymsSynonyms for wakefuladj not in a state of sleepSynonyms- awake
- unsleeping
- wide-awake
adj marked by an absence of sleepSynonymsadj vigilantly attentiveSynonyms- alert
- observant
- open-eyed
- vigilant
- wary
- watchful
- wide-awake
Synonyms for wakefuladj carefully observant or attentiveSynonyms- open-eyed
- vigilant
- argus-eyed
Related Wordsadj (of sleep) easily disturbedSynonymsRelated Wordsadj marked by full consciousness or alertnessSynonymsRelated Words |