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1. Aroused or activated
   "an awakened interest in ballet"
    
2. (somewhat formal) having been waked up
   "the awakened baby began to cry"

1. Cause to become awake or conscious
   - wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
    
2. Stop sleeping
   "She awakened to the sound of the alarm clock";
   - wake up, awake, arouse, wake, come alive, waken
    
3. Make aware
   "They were awakened to the sad facts"

See also: aroused, awake

Type of: affect, alter, change, change state, impress, modify, move, strike, turn

Antonym: dope off, unawakened

Encyclopedia: Awakened