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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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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. yawnverb

    Synonyms:
    gape, oscitate

  2. yawnverb

    Synonyms:
    open-wide

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  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. James Dean:

    I’d rather have people hiss than 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. 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, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing.

  4. Kim Il:

    Foreign eye liners or mascaras stay on even after get into water, but domestic products make raccoon eyes even with just a yawn.

  5. Robin Armstrong:

    The Comey issue is kind of a yawn, i don't think most people really care about it, to be honest with you. I think regular voters just don't care.


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