| waken | | |
| v. (body) | 1. arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken | cause to become awake or conscious.; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." |
| ~ reawaken | awaken once again. |
| ~ bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around | return to consciousness.; "These pictures bring back sad memories" |
| ~ call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call.; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (body) | 2. arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken | stop sleeping.; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" |
| ~ catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber | be asleep. |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| awake | | |
| adj. | 1. awake | not in a state of sleep; completely conscious.; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake" |
| ~ alert, watchful | engaged in or accustomed to close observation.; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" |
| ~ astir, up | out of bed.; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning" |
| ~ awakened | (somewhat formal) having been waked up.; "the awakened baby began to cry" |
| ~ insomniac, sleepless, watchful | experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness.; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights" |
| ~ unsleeping, wide-awake | fully awake.; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night" |
| ~ waking, wakeful | marked by full consciousness or alertness.; "worked every moment of my waking hours" |
| ~ aware, cognisant, cognizant | (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception.; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit" |
| ~ conscious | knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts.; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed" |
| adj. | 2. alert, alive, awake | mentally perceptive and responsive.; "an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" |
| ~ aware, cognisant, cognizant | (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception.; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit" |
| kindle | | |
| v. (weather) | 1. inflame, kindle | catch fire.; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles" |
| ~ flare up | ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down.; "the fire flared up and died down once again" |
| v. (weather) | 2. conflagrate, enkindle, inflame, kindle | cause to start burning.; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds" |
| ~ ignite, light | cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat.; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" |
| ~ rekindle | kindle anew, as of a fire. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ touch a chord, strike a chord | evoke a reaction, response, or emotion.; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord" |
| ~ ask for, invite | increase the likelihood of.; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" |
| ~ draw | elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc..; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" |
| ~ rekindle | arouse again.; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" |
| ~ infatuate | arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way.; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" |
| ~ prick | to cause a sharp emotional pain.; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" |
| ~ fire up, stir up, heat, ignite, wake, inflame | arouse or excite feelings and passions.; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ excite | arouse or elicit a feeling. |
| ~ anger | make angry.; "The news angered him" |
| ~ discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert, upset | cause to lose one's composure. |
| ~ shame | cause to be ashamed. |
| ~ spite, bruise, injure, wound, offend, hurt | hurt the feelings of.; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" |
| ~ overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overcome, overtake | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. |
| ~ interest | excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of. |
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