yawning
adjectiveHow many syllables in yawning?
There are 2 syllables in the word yawning.How to pronounce yawning:
Definition of yawning:
- yawning (adjective):
- wide open cavernous
- like a cavern in vastness, depth, or hollowness
- gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something.
Synonyms for yawning:
asleep
cavernous
chasmal
dormant
dozing
drowsy
gaping
huge
innate reflex
instinctive reflex
nodding
oscitance
oscitancy
pandiculation
physiological reaction
reflex
reflex action
reflex response
resting
sleeping
slumbering
unconditioned reflex
vast
wide
wide-open
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Antonyms for yawning:
depthless
hollow
inconsiderable
narrow
shallow
shoal
short
superficial
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- unskilled
- traversed
- stagger
- smoky
- repent
- renew
- privet
- Piav
- peril
- nifty
- matured
- matchless
- entrench
- cyclic
- Cupid
- transpire
- shyly
- shoddy
- righteous
- onset
- linker
- kicked
- homer
- concocts
- climbed
- chooses
- tariff
- songbird
- shotgunned
- repelled
- pounded
- motley
- leasing
- disperse
- didnt
- appeased
- wish-wash
- unwashed
- stealing
- received
- obstruct
- hiring
- fecund
- demain
- add to
- wanton
- thirtieth
- regard
- procure
- ora
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Secondary stress refers to the minor emphasis that can occur on additional syllables in longer words, distinct from the primary stress.
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