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woken

/ˈwoʊ.kən/verb2 syllables

Woken means: stop sleeping.

Synonyms for woken13

verb, as in stop sleeping

wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken

verb, as in arouse or excite feelings and passions

inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up

verb, as in cause to become awake or conscious

awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse

verb, as in be awake, be alert, be there

wake

verb, as in to alert someone to something

wake

Opposites of woken

sleep

What does woken mean?5

verb

1

stop sleeping“She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock”

2

arouse or excite feelings and passions“The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor”

3

cause to become awake or conscious“He was roused by the drunken men in the street”

4

be awake, be alert, be there

5

to alert someone to something“His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with woken?6

two syllables

brokenspokentoken

three syllables

outspokenunbrokenunspoken
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Woken in a sentence

  • Anna was woken up by her husband, tapping her aggressively.Amastan
  • Igor was woken by his girlfriend, shaking him awake.Amastan
  • They haven't even fully woken up, and already they're drinking.DJ_Saidez
  • Then they fell asleep, and were woken the next morning by the sun.sundown
  • If only you'd been a bit quieter, you wouldn't have woken the baby up.CK
  • I'd just woken up and was still drowsy.CK
  • I have never woken up so early in the morning.Ariel120292
  • Marcus claimed to have been woken by a noise.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of woken

as a verb

third-person singular
wokens
present participle
wokening
past participle
wokened
past tense
wokened