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Antonyms for waking

Grammar : Adj
Spell : weyk
Phonetic Transcription : weɪk

Definition of waking

Origin :
  • "state of wakefulness," Old English -wacu (as in nihtwacu "night watch"), related to watch; and partly from Old Norse vaka "vigil, eve before a feast," related to vaka "be awake" (cf. Old High German wahta "watch, vigil," Middle Dutch wachten "to watch, guard;" see wake (v.)). Meaning "a sitting up at night with a corpse" is attested from early 15c. (the verb in this sense is recorded from mid-13c.). The custom largely survived as an Irish activity. Wakeman (c.1200), which survives as a surname, was Middle English for "watchman."
  • adj wakeful
Example sentences :
  • "I feel as if I should like some fish for breakfast," said Robert one morning, on waking up.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Now, waking, his hand was working nervously across the floor of the shack.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "—which every one is waking up to talk about," said Hester, and said no more.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Heavens, that was seven days, and every day had at least sixteen waking hours.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • In her dreams, as in her waking hours, her mind was filled with it.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • He was asleep, and waking him up, I told him what had happened.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "He is waking up," said the man, in a hushed, almost reverent voice.
  • Extract from : « The Yates Pride » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • The poor husband recoiled from her as from a waking nightmare.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • "I am waking up these boys for 1872," writes the valuable phenomenon.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various
  • His waking is full of sleep, yet his very being is enough for him.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for waking

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