woken

verbstop sleeping
verbexcite, stimulate

Synonyms for woken

verb stop sleeping

Antonyms for woken

Word Origin & History

"state of wakefulness," Old English -wacu (as in nihtwacu "night watch"), related to watch; and partly from Old Norse vaka "vigil, eve before a feast," related to vaka "be awake" (cf. Old High German wahta "watch, vigil," Middle Dutch wachten "to watch, guard;" see wake (v.)). Meaning "a sitting up at night with a corpse" is attested from early 15c. (the verb in this sense is recorded from mid-13c.). The custom largely survived as an Irish activity. Wakeman (c.1200), which survives as a surname, was Middle English for "watchman."

Example Sentences for woken

I was woken up by a wet kiss planted on my lips by Isabel's husband.

At eleven he had woken with a start, and, hardening his heart, had gone back to his sermon.

It was as though he had woken up, his real self; then—lost that self again.

A quarter of an hour afterwards Julien pretended to have just woken up.

On the way to Irkutsk I slept for fifty-eight versts, and was only once woken up.

"It's a shame to have woken you up," said Sally, commiseratingly, stepping in.

Jules did not reply, for the excellent reason that he had not been woken up.

But that would have woken Sisera before she had struck a blow.

Charlotte had been woken up, and never would go to sleep again.

That's driven the blood to your head, and woken up your self-respect.