Overview of verb awaken

The verb awaken has 3 senses

• awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse -- (cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.")


• wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken -- (stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock")


• awaken -- (make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts")

Overview of adj awakened

The adj awakened has 2 senses

• awakened -- (aroused or activated; "an awakened interest in ballet")


• awakened -- ((somewhat formal) having been waked up; "the awakened baby began to cry")