woke (up)

verb

variants also waked (up)
Definition of woke (up)next
past tense of wake (up)
as in livened (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke (up)
  1. awakened
  2. awoke
  3. stirred
Verb
  • Scott felt awakened to the comedic power of understatement.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Like every morning in #Ukraine the inhabitants are awakened not by the sun, but by the sound of the bombs and the cries of the victims.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of awakened
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  • Last Christmas morning over 5,000 children awoke to an empty stocking — the bitter pain of disappointment that Santa Claus had forgotten them.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2024
  • When the victim awoke the following day, Combs was gone, and people who had been recording the assault handed him $2,500 in cash, the suit claims.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of awoke
Verb
  • Controversy stirred earlier this year upon the Washington Free Beacon unearthing White House visitor logs that said Podesta held a meeting with McUsic.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
  • City were uncharacteristically stirred beyond recognition but roused themselves and did not lose another league game for the rest of the campaign, winning 19 of the final 23.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of stirred
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“Woke (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woke%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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