yawnyadj.
/ˈjɔːni/ Characterized by yawns or (much) yawning; inclined to, or provocative of, yawning.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective]
irk1303
tedious1430
irksome1435
irked1513
ennuyé1757
seccatored1763
yawny1805
bored1823
used up1839
yawnish1855
fed up1900
fed to the (back) teeth1921
browned off1938
brassed1941
cheesed1941
chocker1942
pissy1962
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective] > yawning or inclined to yawn
yawning1575
yawny1805
gapy1830
yawnish1855
yawnful1878
yawnsome1900
1805 [see yawniness n. at Derivatives].
1813 Examiner 1 Feb. 74/2 His laugh relaxed into a yawny simper.
1830 Examiner 410/2 His Discourses are..what our departed friend Nollekens would have described as ‘yawney’—that is, somewhat heavy.
1888 G. Meredith Let. to Miss Meredith 5 Jan. Bruny and Koby in Lapinland last night, very yawny to-day.
Derivatives
ˈyawniness n.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious
irksomeness1533
wearisomeness1579
inanity1603
tediositya1625
drynessa1637
unliveliness1643
flatness1649
tedium1662
tiresomeness1668
aridity1692
languor1741
dullness1751
uninterestingness1794
ponderousness1801
yawniness1805
unimpressiveness1827
slowness1828
grey1830
fadeness1837
woodenness1854
tristeness1866
boresomeness1883
boringness1893
stodginess1899
monochrome1962
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > action of yawning > inclination to yawn
yawniness1805
1805 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 115 The old yawniness comes on at times.
1898 M. P. Shiel Yellow Danger 176 The day has that very-early-morning grayness for which one can find no adjective to express its utter yawniness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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