awaken

awake(n) from

To rouse from something (often sleep). Today, I was awoken from my sleep by my neighbor's barking dog. Awake from your daydreams, class, it's time to talk about the periodic table.

be in for a rude awakening

To have some very shocking and unpleasant or unwelcome truth (about something) due to be revealed to one. A lot of people were in for a rude awakening when the crappy high-interest mortgages they bought turned out to be worthless. If you think your computer's default antivirus software is able to deal with all the latest threats on the internet, then you're in for a rude awakening.
See also: awaken, rude

rude awakening

The shocking instance of learning the unpleasant or unwelcome truth about a situation. We had a rude awakening when the waiter brought us the bill and we saw how much we had spent on dinner and drinks.
See also: awaken, rude
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a rude awakening

COMMON If you have had a rude awakening, you have been forced to realize the unpleasant truth about something. Such details as have emerged about the new economic package suggest that these citizens are indeed in for a rude awakening. Johnson was confident he could make a quick profit. But, instead of quick profits, he got a rude awakening.
See also: awaken, rude
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

a rude awakening

a sudden realization of the true (bad) state of affairs, having previously been under the illusion that everything was satisfactory.
2004 The New Farm It must have been a rude awakening for the world powers when upstart Third-World countries began to flex their collective muscle.
See also: awaken, rude
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

a rude aˈwakening

(written) a sudden, unexpected discovery of an unpleasant fact, truth, etc: If he thinks that the exam’s going to be easy, he’s going to get a rude awakening.
See also: awaken, rude
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • awake from
  • awake(n) from
  • bark at
  • bark at (someone or something)
  • bark
  • wake (up) to (something)
  • wake to
  • waken
  • waken to (something)
  • all night long
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New research shows that people with coronary artery disease who awaken at night -- particularly those who get out of bed -- risk suffering an episode of silent myocardial ischemia, a temporary and often painless reduction in blood flow to the heart muscle.
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