wakeful
pronunciation
How to pronounce wakeful in British English:
UK [ˈweɪkfl]
How to pronounce wakeful in American English:
US [ˈwekfəl]
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- Adjective:
- carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
Word Origin
- wakeful (adj.)
- c. 1400, "diligent," from wake (n.2) + -ful. Related: Wakefully; wakefulness.
Example
- 1. Would death himself have freed him for wakeful living ?
- 2. And drown the wakeful anguish of the soul .
- 3. I had a wakeful night last sunday .
- 4. L come here to read when l 'm wakeful .
- 5. Let me carry the pangs of this sorrow in my dreams and in my wakeful hours .