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😴 A boring thing 😪 A person yawning
yawner

yawner

8.0
A person who opens their mouth and takes a deep breath when tired
  • noun
  • /ˈjɔːnər/
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  • At the lecture, he turned into a yawner, struggling to stay awake as the speaker droned on.

Examples

  • The comedian's jokes were so dull that every yawner in the audience couldn't help but yawn.

  • A yawner.

    Blog text (8)

  • She was known as a yawner, always making those around her feel sleepy during meetings.

Surface Forms

yawner singular
yawners plural

Morphology

yawner = yawn (transparent) = yawn + er

Standard agentive noun formation from the verb 'yawn'; a B1 learner who knows 'yawn' and '-er' can infer 'a person who yawns'.

Etymology

The word yawner comes from the simple verb yawn, which meant 'to open the mouth wide'. So a yawner is 'a person who yawns'.