woke (up)

verb

variants also waked (up)
Definition of woke (up)next
past tense of wake (up)
as in zipped (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for woke (up)
  1. awakened
  2. awoke
  3. stirred
  4. roused
  5. stimulated
  6. aroused
  7. animated
  8. enlivened
Verb
  • Spencer’s teenage son was awakened in the night in 1992 to find his father beating his mother in the head with a brick, according to court documents.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Neighbor Daleon Walker says he was awakened by the sound of gunfire.
    — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Definition of awakened
Verb
  • After losing consciousness in the lightning strike, the man awoke and called the Oregon Golf Club pro shop on Pete's Mountain Road, which then called 911.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Five years ago, Florida’s millions of condo dwellers awoke to a new reality.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Definition of awoke
Verb
  • Your 3rd House of Communication is stirred by the temperamental Moon, while the life-giving Sun boosts your 7th House of Partnership, aligning words with steady commitments.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
  • Despite its decades-long ubiquity in our lives and our iCals, the building has just as often stirred negative feelings.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
Definition of stirred
Verb
  • As the fires spread, roughly 2,900 people — many roused from sleep — were told to evacuate or warned to prepare to flee.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • After Israel struck a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut on Sunday, Israelis went to bed expecting to be roused by incoming missiles from Iran.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
Definition of roused
Verb
  • We're all constantly stimulated by data and noise, and leaders who don't self-edit become part of that noise.
    — Anna Jankowska, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Playing games can be a fun, easy way to keep your brain stimulated as you age.
    — Allison Forsyth, Health, 30 June 2026
Definition of stimulated
Verb
  • As virality goes, this is not a big number, but the passion that the account has aroused dwarfs its reach.
    — David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Overview The emergence of teleSUR has aroused significant interest due to its uniqueness of being the first regional television channel purely financed by more than three Latin American states.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Definition of aroused
Verb
  • Under this transit, conversations are animated and creative, and one exciting possibility could lead to another.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Again isn’t a covers album so much as a reimagining of the sonic philosophy that animated one of the band’s heaviest and most adventurous periods.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 1 July 2026
Definition of animated
Verb
  • Though only half the length of their 2025 breakthrough debut, the New York quartet’s second album is dense with ideas and enlivened by purpose.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong then enlivened the dugout in the ninth with a nifty headfirst slide and swim move to avoid the tag as the Pirates played the infield in.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Definition of enlivened
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