yawny

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adjective

Prone to yawning.

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Meanings

adjectiveyawny (comparative yawnier, superlative yawniest)

comparative yawnier · superlative yawniest

  1. Prone to yawning.

    Waking up in the small room, you feel dull, stupid, gloomy, oppressed, yawny, lax, and all unstrung in body and mind...

    1848, Orson Squire Fowler, A Home for All
  2. Sounding like a yawn.

    I drew the deepest, yawniest breath I could fake and swiftly lifted my right arm.

    2011, Craig Groeschel, Love, Sex, and Happily Ever After, page 13
  3. Boring, uninteresting, causing yawns.

Origin

From yawn + -y.

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Translations

Spanish bostezador, bostezante
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Cite this entry
APA

yawny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yawny

MLA

“yawny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yawny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yawny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yawny.

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