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awakening

[ uh-wey-kuh-ning ]

adjective

  1. rousing; quickening:

    an awakening interest in ballet.



noun

  1. the act of awaking from sleep.
  2. a revival of interest or attention.
  3. a recognition, realization, or coming into awareness of something:

    a rude awakening to the disagreeable facts.

  4. a renewal of interest in religion, especially in a community; a revival.

awakening

/ əˈweɪknɪŋ; əˈweɪkənɪŋ /

noun

  1. the start of a feeling or awareness in a person

    a picture of an emotional awakening



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Other Words From

  • a·waken·ing·ly adverb
  • rea·waken·ing noun
  • una·waken·ing adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of awakening1

First recorded in 1585–95; awaken + -ing 2, -ing 1

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Example Sentences

On Monday night, a major moment in New York history will get a Royal awakening.

It was a little bit like an awakening, and I just stuck with it.

Her screams attracted attention, awakening one man who lived on the seventh floor of a nine-story building across the street.

For some, it sped up a process of awakening that may have taken years.

“There has been an awakening,” a British defense official told The Daily Beast.

The Duke found no difficulty in awakening the wishes, which were necessary to his scheme, in the mind of young Lorraine.

In that sudden awakening had occurred the very psychological climax required to reveal the passionate emotion accumulated below.

The result was a new interest in Greek learning in all its branches, and a very rapid awakening of the scientific spirit.

I don't doubt you will find more than one affinity if you are awakening; that is merely the mating instinct.

It was as if the spirit of life and the awakening spring had given back the soul to her youth and bade her rejoice.

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