noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
rude
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The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.
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This rude awakening was, however, still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined.
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But, come the morning, Ronni was in for a rude awakening .
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Four months after the self-determination speech he received a rude awakening on both scores.
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Well, it was a rude awakening .
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Eric Young's tackle proved a rude awakening .
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Our first rude awakening was at Naushki for Soviet border formalities.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rude awakening/shock
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But shopping for food in Miyako brought a rude shock.
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But, come the morning, Ronni was in for a rude awakening.
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Conservative elements steeped in uniformitarian philosophy cannot be expected to welcome such a rude awakening.
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Renters who move into a vacated apartment face the rude awakening of the market rate an owner is permitted to charge.
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The case has gone against the Pings, but it was a rude shock in a world of gentlemen.
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The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.
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This rude awakening was, however, still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a spiritual awakening
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a teenager's sexual awakening
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I convey the further information that with awakening awareness I am stirred to approach, and as I approach awareness quickens.
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In addition, night-time awakenings become two times more likely to occur.
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Sooner or later man is shaken out of his unconscious state and is led to his ultimate awakening .
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Such matters do not, can not, stop the agitations, the incomprehensible simmering of an awakening of the biological urge.
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The resulting pain can cause a nighttime awakening .
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Those last years saw a gradual shift from the somnambulance and uncertain awakenings of my earlier time in college.
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Upon awakening , I was stirred by the muted chug and hum of the neighbour's Cadillac.