big yawn

ADJECTIVE

dull

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dismal dreary dry flat humdrum ordinary repetitive stale stupid tame tedious tiresome uninspiring

STRONG

abused driveling plain stock tired

WEAK

archaic arid blah colorless common commonplace dead familiar hackneyed heavy ho-hum hoary insipid jejune longwinded mid monotonous oft-repeated out-of-date pointless prolix prosaic prosy repetitious routine run-of-the-mill soporific trite unimaginative usual usual thing vapid worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright exciting happy interesting light lively pleasant

WEAK

active clear eventful intelligent keen knifelike luminous lustrous pointed quick sensitive serrated sharp smart vivacious witty

ADJECTIVE

unexciting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boring humdrum monotonous prosaic uneventful unimaginative uninspiring uninteresting

WEAK

blah common dead dreary familiar ho-hum long-winded ordinary plain routine run-of-the-mill usual usual thing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

creative eventful exciting imaginative interesting lively

ADJECTIVE

uninteresting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depressing dreary humdrum stale tedious tiresome unexciting

WEAK

arid banal bromidic common commonplace dead dismal drab dry dull dusty fatiguing flat ho-hum insipid irksome jejune monotonous nothing nowhere pedestrian prosaic prosy soporific stupid tired trite unenjoyable unentertaining uninspiring wearisome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exciting happy

WEAK

eventful interesting

Example Sentences

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A cricket war that's now just a big yawn, headlined India Today magazine.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025

The higher cap is “a big yawn for” independent productions, said Sky Moore, a partner at law firm Greenberg Glusker.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

The heavy breath that came with his sitting up, and the quiet bear noise with a big yawn.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2017

Bargamian can't laugh any more, but he expands his mouth, as if in a big yawn, and grunts loudly.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2010

I click accept and fake a big yawn when her face appears on my screen, casually glancing at my phone.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

big yawn

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