waking

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waking

/ˈweɪkɪŋ/

Rhymes with -eɪkɪŋ

adjective more waking · most waking

Occurring during wakefulness. A waking nightmare

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of wake

noun wakings

The act of becoming awake from sleep, or a period of time spent awake. […] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: awake, awaken, awakening, activate, alarm, reviving, walking, walk, arousal, clock, eve, reactivating, reinvigorating, rousing, stirring, arising

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@misc{waking_2026,
  title = {waking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}