Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of awaking from sleep.
- n. An arousing from what is like sleep; a revival of interest in, or attention to, what has been neglected.
- n. Especially A revival of religion, either in an individual or in a community: a use of the word derived from the Scripture symbol of sin as death or sleep, and conversion as resurrection or awakening.
- Rousing; alarming: as, an awakening sermon.
Wiktionary
- adj. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
- n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep.
- n. religion A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
- v. present participle of awake.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting.
- n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of waking
Examples
“In both cases the awakening is a touching of the soul towards something beyond the person's own scale of reference, a conversion to outsized realities which, before the dawn of the poem, remained numbed in familiarity, in repression, in security.”
“In 1990, he had what he describes as his "awakening", when a psychic in Brighton told him that he was a healer, placed on Earth for a purpose.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“As quoted, it did sound like a late-in-term awakening on America’s wars.”
“This turning around in the center of the self has been described as an awakening self-love and self-preservation, which allows the smoker to discover a new way of life without smoking.”
“Among those who had a premarital education awakening is Daniel Stoica, 26, an electrical engineer from Fullerton, Calif.”
“Even his spiritual/ethical awakening is played for laughs and implied to be shallow.”
“I guess being turned to stone by a nameless terror and awakening from the breaking of that spell only to find that everyone you ever tried to help is evil could tend to make one a little crabby.”
“The essence consists in awakening a certain emotional sympathy, in touching the imagination of the reader who knows nothing of the events in question.”
Ballardian » ‘Le passé composé de J. G. Ballard’: JGB on Empire of the Sun
“The time for a national strengths awakening is now.”
The Huffington Post: Jenifer Fox: Strengths Movement Can Revitalize Schools
“As such, her awakening is crucial to the success of Echo and her allies over Rossum since Clyde — the co-founder of Rossum seen within the Attic in the most recent episode — hinted that his unknown partner is pulling the strings.”
‘Dollhouse’ Episode 2.11 Recap: ‘Getting Closer’ » MTV Movies Blog
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘awakening’.
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Words related to knowledge
Words that relate to learning, knowing, being enlightened...
revelation, eureka, awakening, idea, sapient, astute, canny, intelligent, wise, sharp, shrewd, informed and 467 more...
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September Words-10033
During the month of September, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has...
magnetoshere, pillage, raillery, Quarreling, alcove, myriad, Facade, Mundane, Exhibitionist, Flak, duress, Trichinosis and 74 more...
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revelation
synonyms of revelation or even catalysts leading revelation (moments of clarity).. whatever they may be (preferably nouns)
also experiences that are possible paths to enlightenment (v...rebirth, awakening, catharsis, revival, renewal, dawning, spring, reunion, recollect, exodus, epiphany, prophecy and 48 more...
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Rose varieties
Rosarians have names for thousands of varieties of roses.
holy toledo, gourmet popcorn, apple jack, barbara bush, burning desire, hot tamale, tradescant, sweet surrender, sweet chariot, pinocchio, oyster pearl, olympiad and 309 more...
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KaeZoo's Words
flingers, unhinged, driven, flanked, arboreal, venerable, endearing, iconoclastic, fletcher, competent, fireproof, cavernous and 215 more...
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amsstory's list
pretentious, delectable, egomaniacal, lionize, titillate, nebulous, obfuscation, ostentatious, wry, precipice, ethereal, echo and 150 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1689 more...
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But I like my gerunds
mourning the rumored demise of traditional grammar
upswelling, upwelling, drubbing, mourning, licking, quickening, awakening, beating, birthing, foretelling, meeting, softening and 3 more...
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hokai's Words
mudra, interdependence, aqal, advaita, nondual, enactment, nonexclusion, enfoldment, post-metaphysics, meta-theory, post-structuralism, post-postmodern and 26 more...
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understand
understand, intuit, take, catch, lick, eye opener, revelation, eureka, awakening, insight, insightful, uncover and 15 more...
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drpremraj's list
pranavam
Tweets
Looking for tweets for awakening.
sherry28 [[ "Awakening is a shift in consciousness in which thinking and awareness separate ."( Eckart Tolle ) . A new earth : Awakening to your life's purpose . Author: Eckart Tolle . Page 259 Sep 30, 2010
oroboros It's a cartoon about so-called "awakening" (or enlightenment), and the goofy competitiveness (even hostility) that exists between two cartoon characters trying to be the first to awaken. Very unusual cartoon subject in my experience. Also, funny. Jun 6, 2007
uselessness I have no idea if I'm interested... what is it? May 22, 2007
oroboros Huh! Never thought of that. Gimme your edress (on my profile page) and i'll eml the cartoon if you're interested. May 22, 2007
uselessness Did you just link to your email inbox? I can't get there, you know... ;-) May 22, 2007
oroboros Presto Chango! The penny drops; the picture snaps in focus; one becomes all. Now go chop wood and carry water!
May 22, 2007