yawned
Meaning of yawned
verb, past tense
- involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom.
he began yawning and looking at his watch
- (of an opening or space) be very large and wide.
she started inching back from the abyss that yawned before her
the whole empty day yawned before me
Old English geonian, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hiare and Greek khainein . Current noun senses date from the early 18th century.
Information about yawned
- It is a verb.
- Languages in which yawned is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of yawned
yawned
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- yawned is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
yawned synonyms
Meaning (of a hole, wound, etc.) wide open:
Meaning of great or more than average width:
Meaning like a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere:
Meaning extending far down from the top or surface:
Meaning enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music:
Meaning extremely large; enormous:
Meaning of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average:
Meaning praise or recommend something highly:
Anagrams of yawned
Words that rhyme with yawned
awned, brawned, dawned, fawned, impawned, lawned, outfawned, pawned, prawned, spawned, unawned, undawned, unimpawned, unpawned, unspawned, beclowned, begowned, bowned, browned, clowned, crowned, decrowned, discrowned, disgowned, disowned, downed, drowned, embrowned, frowned, gowned, imbrowned, irrenowned, lowned, outfrowned, owned, preowned, recrowned, renowned, sundowned, supercrowned, towned, unbrowned, uncrowned, undisowned, undowned, undrowned, ungowned, unimbrowned, unowned, unrenowned
Are you looking more rhymes for yawned? Try our rhymes search engine.