Yawn

Definitions

1. The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.
2. A surname.
3. A particularly boring event.
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“At length, quite exhausted by the attempt⟳ to be amused with her own⟳ book, which she had only chosen because it was the second volume of his, she gave a great yawn⟳ and said, “How pleasant it is to spend⟳ an evening in this way! […]””

“But Mrs. MacWhirr, in the drawing-room […], stifled a yawn⟳—perhaps out of self-respect—for she was alone.”

“The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn⟳. I was glad when it finished.”

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