Synonyms for yawn
yɔnyawn

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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   oscitancy, oscitance, yawning

2. yawnverb

   utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired

   "The child yawned during the long performance"

   Synonyms:
   yaw, gape

3. gape, yawn, yawverb

   be wide open

   "the deep gaping canyon"

   Synonyms:
   gawk, gawp, yaw, goggle, gape

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1. yawnverb

   Synonyms:
   gape, oscitate

2. yawnverb

   Synonyms:
   open-wide

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1. yawnnoun

   Synonyms:
   gape, gaping, yawning, oscitation, oscitancy

2. yawnverb

   Synonyms:
   gape, oscitate

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How to use yawn in a sentence?

1. Lewis Grizzard:

   Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.

2. Charles Hendrickson Brower:

   A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.

3. James Dean:

   I’d rather have people hiss than yawn.

4. Gerd de Ley:

   When the silent majority opens its mouth it is usually to yawn.

5. Jack Kerouac, "On the Road":

   The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, 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.