Daphnis and Chloe retired to rest, and, wakeful like the owls, kissed and embraced one another all night long.
Source: tatoeba (6213472)
Wakeful
Synonyms for "wakeful" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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Translations
42 translations across 14 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- бяссо́нны adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
Bulgarian
3 entries- бдителен adj (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful)
- безсънен adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- буден adj (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)
French
1 entries- éveillé adj (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)
German
4 entries- aufmerksam adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- schlaflos adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- unruhig adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- vigilant adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
Hungarian
4 entries- elővigyázatos adj (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful)
- álmatlan adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- éber adj (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)
- éber adj (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful)
Italian
4 entries- attento adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- irrequieto adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- smanioso adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- vigile adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
Latin
4 entries- evigilans adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- exsomnis adj (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)
- vigil adj (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)
- vigil adj (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful)
Māori
4 entries- matatū adj (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)
- tūrama adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- tūramarama adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- whakawhetū adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
Norwegian
1 entries- vaken adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
Occitan
1 entries- espertat adj (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- اویقوسز adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- سهران adj (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)
- سهران adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- سهران adj (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful)
Polish
1 entries- bezsenny adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
Portuguese
3 entries- desperto adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- vigilante adj (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful)
- vígil adj (awake rather than sleeping — see also awake)
Ukrainian
2 entries- безсо́нний adj (sleepless — see also sleepless)
- пи́льний adj (watchful — see also vigilant, watchful)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I found myself weary and yet wakeful, tossing restlessly from side to side, seeking for the sleep which would not come.
Source: tatoeba (6606796)
I was sleepy before you came. I am quite wakeful now.
Source: tatoeba (7009457)
“Be wakeful, Beowulf, against our foe.”
Source: wiktionary
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