awakening

a·wak·en  (-wkn)

tr. & intr.v. a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens

To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake¹.

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[Middle English awakenen, from Old English wæcnian : -, on, up; see a-² + wæcnian, to waken; see waken.]

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a·waken·er n.

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awakening [əˈweɪkənɪŋ əˈweɪknɪŋ]

n

the start of a feeling or awareness in a person a picture of an emotional awakening

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

awakening - the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" wakening, waking up arousal, rousing - the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" reveille - a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise

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awakening

noun stirring up, birth, waking, waking up, revival, awaking, animating, rousing, stimulation, provocation, arousal, enlivening, activation, kindling, incitement, vivification the awakening of national consciousness in people

Translations

awakening [əˈweɪknɪŋ]

A. ADJ (fig) → naciente

B. N → despertar m
he got a rude awakening → tuvo una desagradable sorpresa

awakening [əˈweɪkənɪŋ] n → éveil m
a young woman's political awakening → l'éveil politique d'une jeune femme
the awakening of national identity → l'éveil d'une identité nationale
a rude awakening → un réveil brutal, une rude déconvenue

awakening

n (lit, fig) → Erwachen nt; a rude awakening (lit, fig) → ein böses Erwachen

adj (fig) → erwachend

awakening [əˈweɪknɪŋ] n → risveglio

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awakening [əˈweɪknɪŋ] n → risveglio