woken

verb

variants or waked also woke
Definition of wokennext
past participle of wake
1
as in awoken
to cause to stop sleeping my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

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2
as in awakened
to cease to be asleep I woke with a start when the door slammed

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3
as in alerted
to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving

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Recent Examples of woken Dwight is soon woken by Joanne (Annabella Sciorra) to the news that the plane went down over the Pacific Ocean. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2026 The park taps into the region’s old folklore, named for the legendary character said to have woken from his 20-year sleep in the Catskills. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 The flames were so large that traffic cameras detected the fire, and neighbors woke to the home being consumed. — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 This is what publishers get for selling out to woke novelists! — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 At 5 the next morning, my mother woke to find my dad’s side of the bed empty. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 In the middle of the night, as the floodwaters were rising, the dog woke her by shaking water off herself, giving the family enough time to climb a ladder onto the roof of their home just minutes before it was completely flooded. — Fabiola Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Above-average rainfall in June and August, along with several cold fronts sweeping across the region, woke the seeds from a lengthy slumber to transform the landscape. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026 She was woken by Lizzie after the discovery of Andrew’s body and went to get the doctor. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woken
  1. awoken
  2. awakened
  3. alerted
  4. roused
  5. warned
  6. aroused
Verb
  • Ukrainians awoke on Wednesday to find that their military had been restricted in its use of Starshield, the American satellite service undergirding swaths of the nation’s defensive infrastructure and weaponry.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Pope's surgery, which the doctors said was successful, lasted about 90 minutes, after which Leo awoke normally and, following a brief period of observation, returned to his room on the hospital's 10th floor.
    — Scott Detrow, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of awoken
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  • But this morning an air of foreboding awakened me, and my little fishing barometer was already descending past the 29 mark.
    — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As the 1986 return approached, people who remembered that earlier appearance likely told their children and grandchildren about being awakened before dawn and taken outside to see a huge, ghostly, gleaming object in the sky.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of awakened
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  • Faizi said ambulances and disaster management personnel arrived from a nearby facility within five minutes of being alerted.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The 2026 accusations stem from a call placed to police in Albuquerque by a University of New Mexico physician who examined the boys and alerted them to allegations of abuse.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of alerted
Verb
  • Peter roused again but had grown more certain since his last utterance.
    — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • After Zverev had established a two-sets-to-love lead, Shelton roused himself and the crowd by taking the third set.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of roused
Verb
  • The International Energy Agency has warned that constraints on the diesel market will likely keep prices elevated into the next year.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers warned that even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, global sea levels will continue to rise because of the damage already caused by climate change.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of warned
Verb
  • In the doorframe was the manager, sniffing around, suspicions aroused.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
  • His efforts, however, encountered their greatest obstacle after World War II due to the suspicions aroused by Philip’s family’s uncomfortable ties to the Nazis.
    — Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
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“Woken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woken. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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