yawn
[verb]
Synonyms: gape, yaw
[noun]
Synonyms: tedium, boredom, doldrums, dullsville, ennui

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Related Words: doze, drowse, nap, snooze

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. yawn¹ /jɔːn $ jɒːn/ verb [intransitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: geonian]

1. to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply because you are tired or bored:
Alan stretched and yawned.

2. yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between something) a very large difference between two groups, things, or people:
the yawning gap between the two parties
the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor

3. literary to be or become wide open, especially in a frightening way:
The pit yawned open in front of them.
yawning gap/hole etc
the yawning gap between the two cliffs

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. yawn² noun

1. [countable] an act of yawning:
Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning).

2. a yawn informal someone or something that is boring:
The party was a big yawn.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

yawn
noun
ADJ. big, deep, huge | noisy | stifled
VERB + YAWN stifle, suppress He struggled to stifle a yawn.
give The little boy gave a huge yawn.
conceal He tried to conceal his yawn behind his hand.
PREP. with a ~

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

yawn
verb
ADV. hugely, widely He sat up and yawned hugely.
VERB + YAWN make sb | hear sb
PREP. at He got fed up of people yawning at him when he talked about his job.

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