adjective. Marked by full consciousness, awareness, and alertness.

Being awake; not sleeping.

Rousing from sleep; exciting into motion or action.

Passed in the waking state; experienced while awake: as, waking hours.

noun. The act of passing from sleep to wakefulness, or of causing another so to pass.

noun. The state or period of being awake.

noun. Watch.

noun. A vigil; especially, the act of holding a wake, or of watching the dead.

noun. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake.

noun. A watch; a watching.

adjective. Occurring during wakefulness.

verb. Present participle of wake.

adjective. marked by full consciousness or alertness

noun. the state of remaining awake

"Feelings of failure permeate my soul as I make some joke like, If that is what you call waking up every two hours?"

waking numbness  

awake  

aching  baking  braking  breaking  faking  

watch  watching  

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