wakeful
adjective/ˈweɪkfl/
/ˈweɪkfl/
(formal)- not sleeping; unable to sleep synonym sleepless
- He lay wakeful all night.
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- (of a period at night) spent with little or no sleep synonym sleepless
- She had spent many wakeful nights worrying about him.
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