What are some opposite words for yawn?
Antonyms for yawn
yɔnyawn
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term yawn.
Princeton's WordNet
yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancyverb
an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
"he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy"
yawnverb
utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
"The child yawned during the long performance"
gape, yawn, yawverb
be wide open
"the deep gaping canyon"
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How to use yawn in a sentence?
Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.
Foreign eye liners or mascaras stay on even after get into water, but domestic products make raccoon eyes even with just a yawn.
The only people for me are the mad ones. The ones who are mad to love, mad to talk, mad to be saved the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.
I’d rather have people hiss than yawn.
When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.
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