Antonyms for gapinggap·ing

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1. agape(p), gapingadjective

   with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe

   "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape"

   Antonyms:
   shut, closed

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1. gapingnoun

   Synonyms:
   yawning, oscitancy, oscitation, staring

How to use gaping in a sentence?

1. Laura Griffith:

   No one will ever replace my dad, but knowing Lang has helped heal some of the gaping hole in my heart.

2. Jill Biden:

   I wish I could say something that would ease the pain of the families and of the church but I know from experience -- and I was reminded of it again 29 days ago -- that no words can mend a broken heart. No music can fill the gaping void ... at least in my experience only faith. Only faith, sometimes even faith leaves you just for a second. Sometimes you doubt. There's a famous expression that says faith sees best in the dark. For the nine families, this is a very dark, dark time.

3. Mandira Sarkar:

   All the eastern European people, all the people that we had, who worked for the hospitality industry, have disappeared [ during the pandemic ], leaving this huge, big gaping hole.

4. Thomas Dobbs:

   You have these gaping holes in capacity.

5. Roberton Williams:

   It’s just gaping holes in the budget, you can't really cut revenues as much as the plan would do and still have a functioning government that still looks anything like the government we have right now.

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