Antonyms of verb awaken

1 of 3 senses of awaken

Sense 1
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse -- (cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.")
       Antonym of cause to sleep (Sense 1)
      => cause to sleep -- (make fall asleep; "The soft music caused us to fall asleep")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb awaken

3 senses of awaken

Sense 1
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse -- (cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken -- (stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock")
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

Sense 3
awaken -- (make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts")
       => affect, impress, move, strike -- (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd")

Antonyms of adj awakened

2 senses of awakened

Sense 1
awakened (vs. unawakened) -- (aroused or activated; "an awakened interest in ballet")

unawakened (vs. awakened) -- (not aroused or activated; "unawakened emotions")

Sense 2
awakened -- ((somewhat formal) having been waked up; "the awakened baby began to cry")

INDIRECT (VIA awake) -> asleep -- (in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel")

Similarity of adj awakened

2 senses of awakened

Sense 1
awakened (vs. unawakened) -- (aroused or activated; "an awakened interest in ballet")
       => aroused -- (aroused to action; "the aroused opposition")

Sense 2
awakened -- ((somewhat formal) having been waked up; "the awakened baby began to cry")
       => awake (predicate) (vs. asleep) -- (not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake")

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