watchful
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˈwɑːtʃfəl/
- Archaic
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insomne
- "However, in focus groups we found that if we don't spend almost the same amount of time talking about watchful waiting, even though there was less to explain, men felt it wasn't a "real option," or it must not be a good option—or even voiced concern the program may be biased against it.
- watchful waiting
Watchfulness, you might say, instances of being watchful, of keeping vigil.
- Watchfulness, you might say, instances of being watchful, of keeping vigil.
Examples
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Judith lay in bed, her mind racing and watchful, unable to surrender to sleep as she waited for dawn.
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The mother sat vigilantly beside her child's bed, her watchful presence providing comfort during the long, sleepless night.
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So I think a watchful waiting right now is not is not in cautious, right.
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All images in painting possess their part of sleep: every painting is sleep awaiting the watchful observer.
Academic text (2006) -
In contrast, she snatched what little pleasure she could from an ever-watchful God.
Fiction book (2000) -
Oh, spirit whom the Father sent To spread abroad the firmament Oh, wind of heaven, by Thy might Save all who dare the eagle's flight And keep them by Thy watchful -
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Judith stayed as watchful in bed as a cat, never sleeping now as the lights sprayed green and red beams across the dark sky: she was waiting, waiting for one more wolf fit.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Almost every window in almost every house, “and in the brightly-lit rooms, fully-clothed people, "even entire families, "who had sat the whole night wide awake, watchful, listening.
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After a long night of being unable to sleep, I found myself in a watchful state, listening to every sound in the quiet house.
Synonyms
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3.1
Not able to sleep during the night
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7.5
Unable to sleep at night
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7.8
Always awake and watching
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9.5
Always watching without closing the eyes
Antonyms
How Awake
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word watchful also keeps the older idea of wakefulness from watch, which meant 'to stay awake'. A helpful way to remember the literary sense is that a watchful night is one when you are 'awake' and cannot sleep.