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Definitions for rude awakening
rude awak·en·ing
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rude awakeningnoun
An undesirable epiphany; a realization of an unwanted fact.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rude awakening in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rude awakening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of rude awakening in a Sentence
This has been a very rude awakening into what politics has become. And if I'm not part of it four years from now, so be it. I can do other things that'll make me happy, what prompted me now ? I am tired of my people -- who are good people, who are my friends -- being defamed. It's just not right.
If you think the next 10 years will look like the last 10 years you are in a for a rude awakening.
Remember that that “rude awakening” which your parents and well-meaning relatives threatened you with as a kid is better than no awakening at all.
Boy, was I in for a rude awakening, she wasn't there for small talk. She was there to learn what I was going to do to make sure more people could stay in their homes.
Having to pay this could be a rude awakening; and when [a child] takes this on, it could lead to debt because they weren’t aware how much their parents were providing them.
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- réveil brutalFrench
- kebangkitan kasarIndonesian
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