woken

verb

variants or waked also woke
Definition of wokennext
past participle of wake
1
as in awakened
to cause to stop sleeping my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

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2
as in awaked
to cease to be asleep I woke with a start when the door slammed

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3
as in alerted
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woken
  1. awakened
  2. awoken
  3. awoke
  4. warned
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  • Some of the surviving houses remained empty for seasons on end in the ’80s, their marquees serving as tombstones for the bombs that had fleetingly awakened them from their slumber.
    — Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Harry's abruptly awakened by the police literally busting through his door.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Definition of awakened
Verb
  • Smith awoke Tuesday with a 66 percent ground-ball rate.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The woman awoke to the girl crying.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of awoken
Verb
  • The victim awoke while this was happening, and during an ensuing struggle, Guardado was stabbed in the leg, severing an artery.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The eagle awoke and shook out its feathers, fluffing the straw surrounding the trio of eggs as the camera zoomed in.
    — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of awoke
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  • But as McAfee has just warned, that AI revolution works both ways.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Social media can further add to the stress warned experts.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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