Wakened

Pronunciation: /ˈweɪkənd/

Wakened (adj)

  1. Not asleep; awake and able to notice what is happening around you.
  2. Brought to attention or awareness; no longer in a quiet or inactive state.

Wakened (verb)

  1. To cause a person to stop sleeping and become awake.
  2. To bring something to activity after it was resting or inactive.

Examples

  • The alarm wakened me before sunrise.
  • A phone call wakened her from a deep sleep.

Wakened (adjective)

Examples

  • I was wakened early and felt tired again.
  • She was wakened by a quiet sound in the hall.