yawn
noun /jɔːn/
/jɑːn/ Definition
› [C] an act of yawning: Her eyes watered as she tried to stifle (= stop) a yawn.Noises made by the body a yawn [S] informal › something or someone that is very boring: We have to go to dinner with Simon's boss on Saturday which is a bit of a yawn.People who are boring and old-fashionedBoredom, tedium and boring things
(Definition of yawn noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a wet weekend idiom
- boredom noun
- bromide noun (COMMENT)
- cabin fever noun
- commonplace noun
- corn noun (EMOTION)
- crashing bore noun
- dead zone noun
- ennui noun
- flatness noun (NO EMOTION)
- frustration noun (FEELING)
- longueur noun
- monotony noun
- sterility noun
- tedium noun
- torpor noun
- treadmill noun (REPEATED WORK)
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