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Definitions

wide-awake

[wahyd-uh-weyk] / ˈwaɪd əˈweɪk /
ADJECTIVE
fully awake
Synonyms
WEAK
active alert all ears attentive bright bright-eyed and bushy-tailed fast on the draw heads up intelligent lively on guard on one's toes on the ball on the job on the lookout psyched-up quick ready sharp spirited vigilant watchful wide-eyed wired

Example Sentences

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She does provide intricate detail about, for instance, how the station’s drinking water gets recycled from everyone’s urine, or how “the wide-awake, always-awake station vibrates with fans and filters.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

On Saturday March 12, Bria Pugh found herself wide-awake at 4 a.m.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2022

Zaritska keeps singing, lamenting her new reality — lying wide-awake at 4 a.m., taking life day by day and no longer having time for dreams.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

According to the wide-awake folks at Partners Coffee, the ideal ratio of coffee to water is 1:15.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2022

She hoped so, for her wide-awake dream was hardly amusing—it was desperate.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George