yawning
yawning Lexical Profile
yawning Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Wide open and vast; gaping (used both literally of physical chasms or openings and figuratively of large disparities or deficits).
"The hikers peered cautiously over the edge of the yawning chasm."
Showing tiredness, drowsiness, or boredom by opening the mouth wide and inhaling deeply; inducing sleepiness or tedium.
"The professor looked out at a room full of yawning students during the late afternoon lecture."
• noun
The involuntary act of opening the mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness, drowsiness, or boredom.
"Continuous yawning during the meeting indicated that everyone needed a short break."
• Rhymes for yawning
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from Old English ginian or gionian, meaning 'to open the mouth wide, gape, or yawn,' combined with the participial and nominal suffix -ing.