wide-awake
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2.5
- adjective
- /ˈwaɪd əˈweɪk/
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despierto
- Augusta Dee was the most wide-awake child I'd ever seen, and when I held her in my lap, she would stare at me with those blue eyes.
Examples
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Alice, living through a wide-awake nightmare, is huddled under the arm of her sister.
Fiction book (1992) -
You're wide-awake.
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That wide-awake boy, John Saunders.
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- I'm wide-awake now.
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I'm still wide-awake.
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She's wide-awake.
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When you're wide awake
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Anyway, one morning a week later, the youngest boy, his name was Toshiro, woke me up at 6:15, bright-eyed, wide-awake, and he tried to pet me.
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After a refreshing nap, I felt completely wide-awake and ready to tackle the day.
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Drinking a cup of coffee helped me feel wide-awake during the early morning meeting.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not sleeping and able to think clearly
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2.7
Completely alert and not at all sleepy
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9.0
Awake and alert after sleep
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4.6
Not asleep or sleeping deeply and easily disturbed by sounds
Antonyms
How Awake
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wide-awake comes from putting wide ('open' or 'fully', as in 'wide open') and awake together—picture your eyes open wide and you are fully awake. So wide-awake means very alert and not sleepy.