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
  • They were awakened by the noise of broken glass, which frightened his eldest child.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The stark beauty of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist classic, part music hall romp, part abstract painting, was awakened in a production starring two gifted comics who didn’t overplay their slapstick hands, Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of awakened
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  • Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In Texas, Reese Hamsmith awoke one morning in 2020 congested and wheezing.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of awoke
Verb
  • Later in 2023, McConnell appeared to freeze in two separate instances that stirred concerns about his overall health.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The novel stirred public outrage over the degraded state of the cathedral.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 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 22 Dec. 2024.

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