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How to pronounce wakeful in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant
Derivation wakefulness
Type Words
Synonyms light
Derivation wakefulness


a restless wakeful night.
Type Words
Synonyms waking

Examples of wakeful

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As you drift off to sleep, a noise outside yanks you back into the wakeful world.
From the newscientist.com
I thought of ships sinking in the south Atlantic, and became more wakeful than ever.
From the guardian.co.uk
I'm not talking about the wakeful state as opposed to the sleeping or comatose state.
From the newscientist.com
Every wakeful step, every mindful act is the direct path to awakening.
From the en.wikipedia.org
By night, she soothes him when he is wakeful, which she says is pretty much all the time.
From the usatoday.com
Other researchers have been rescued after a wakeful night on an ice floe.
From the time.com
Electrical brain waves suggest that mental activity during meditation is wakeful and relaxed.
From the sciencedaily.com
I was blissfully comfortable and happy in the cocoon of my roomette, but far too wakeful to sleep.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Parents can dine alone later with a reception-linked pager to alert them to any wakeful sounds.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Argus-eyed: carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"
  • Light: (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night"
  • Waking: marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"
  • (wakefulness) a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world; "consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar"
  • (wakefulness) a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep; "accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come"
  • (wakefulness) watchfulness: the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
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  • Wakefulness is a daily recurring brain state in which an individual is conscious and engages in coherent cognitive and behavior responses to the external world such as communication, ambulation, nutritional ingestion and procreation. ...
  • Awake rather than sleeping; sleepless; vigilant and alert; watchful