- keeping awake; not sleeping
- alert; watchful; vigilant
- unable to sleep
- sleepless: a wakeful night
wakeful
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wakeful
adjective
- a. Not sleeping or not able to sleep.b. Without sleep; sleepless.
- Watchful; alert.
Related Forms:
- wake′ful·ly
adverb
- wake′ful·ness
noun
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Sentence Examples
- They are dreams that stem from the things you have seen or heard during wakeful hours.
- Interact with her during her wakeful periods.
- Yoga Nidra, Wakeful Sleep - Deep Healing Relaxation by James Jewell contains two practice segments - one at approximately 20 minutes and another at roughly 35 minutes.
- For example, if you want to lose weight, dreaming about weight loss can help your subconscious mind to make decisions about losing weight during wakeful hours.
- However, once she has begun to have more wakeful periods throughout the day, you can begin helping her stretch those catnaps into actually naptimes.
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Words near wakeful in the dictionary
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