yawn
Mouth opens wide
A yawn is an involuntary deep breath with the mouth wide open, typically from drowsiness or boredom.
The action is famously contagious—seeing or reading about yawning often triggers one.
To yawn is to produce this reflex.
Figuratively, a yawn is something tedious: The movie was a yawn.
A yawning gap or chasm is wide open.
Nearly falling asleep
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
bedtime · nodding · heavy-eyed · somnolent · weary · lethargic · sluggish · snooze
Wearisome dullness
- monotonyTiresome lack of change
- ennuiWeary, listless dissatisfaction
- dullnessLack of stimulation
- disinterestAbsence of bias
apathy · indifference · uninterested · dreary · humdrum · uninspired · mundane · unexciting
Able to spread disease
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- empathySharing another's emotions
- imitationCopy of the original
spread · automatic · unconscious · social · copying · suggestible · involuntary · trigger
drowsy
Nearly falling asleep
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
fatigue · bedtime · nodding · heavy-eyed · somnolent · weary · lethargic · sluggish · snooze · napping
jaw
Bone holding teeth
mouth · gape · oxygen · breath · involuntary · reflex · wide · open · lungs · muscles
tedium
Wearisome dullness
disinterest · apathy · indifference · uninterested · dreary · humdrum · uninspired · mundane · unexciting · listlessness
infectious
Able to spread disease
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- empathySharing another's emotions
imitation · spread · automatic · unconscious · social · copying · suggestible · involuntary · trigger · sympathetic
chasm
Deep, steep-sided gap
abyss · maw · fissure · cavern · expanse · rift · wide-open · cavernous
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, doze, slumber
- boredomboredom, ennui, tedium, monotony, dullness
- everyday soundsalarm clock, doorbell, phone ring, dog barking, footsteps
- indifferenceapathy, indifference, unconcern, disinterest, nonchalance
- signs of tirednessnapping, dozing, rubbing eyes, nodding off, drooping
- waking upwaking, wake up, rising, get up, rise
yawnfascination
Intense absorbed interest
rapt attention · captivation · excitement · engrossment · alertness
- yawning gulf
- yawning void
- technicolor yawnHumorous term for vomiting
yawning, yawns, yawned, yawn-inducing, yawner, yawny, yawners, yawningly