😮‍💨 A wide yawn 🕳️ Very wide open 😪 Mouth wide open

yawning

2.3

Having the mouth open because of being tired or bored

adjective
/ˈjɔːnɪŋ/

: bostezando

She looked yawning and uninterested during the lecture.

Examples

A yawning crowd waited impatiently for the event to begin.
She glanced at her yawning coworkers and suggested they take a break.
The students sat in a yawning lecture hall, struggling to stay awake.
The yawning crowd waited impatiently for the show to start.
The lecture was so dull that many students were left with yawning expressions.
He looked around the room and saw yawning faces as he spoke about the complicated topic.
Despite her efforts to engage the audience, she noticed several yawning attendees in the front row.

Synonyms

drowsy

vsyawning

22 2.7

Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored

focuses on the open mouth as a boredom sign rather than sleepiness

oscitant

vsyawning

Archaic

9.9

Showing boredom by yawning or being very sleepy

is mainly the open mouth action that signals boredom or lack of attention

Antonyms

attentive

61 3.0

Paying close attention and caring about someone's needs

How Wide

gaping

3.4

yawning

2.3

open

∞ 1.0

ajar

3 1.2

Surface Forms

yawning positive

Morphology

yawning = yawn (transparent) = yawn + ing

Direct adjectival use of the present participle of 'yawn' describing the action/state of yawning or showing boredom, a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

Yawning comes from yawn, the simple action of 'opening the mouth and taking a breath' when you are tired or bored. So a 'yawning' person or crowd is one showing tiredness or lack of attention by opening their mouths.