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Princeton's WordNet2.6 / 5 votes

  1. agape(p), gapingadjective

    with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe

    "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape"

    Antonyms:
    shut, closed

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  1. gapingnoun

    Synonyms:
    yawning, oscitancy, oscitation, staring

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "gaping":

    yawning

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  1. Beau Biden in public remarks:

    I wish I could say something that would ease the pain of the families and of the church but I know from experience -- and I was reminded of it again 29 days ago -- that no words can mend a broken heart, no music can fill the gaping void ... at least in my experience only faith. Only faith.

  2. Steve Hofmeyr:

    There are huge gaping differences between people in South Africa and that is why you need dialogue, which you can't have without its monuments and statues.

  3. Dianne Marie Teresa Cole:

    Today’s immoral quick fix is tomorrow’s gaping and painful wound that never heals.

  4. Steve Hofmeyr:

    We need to be moving toward becoming an Afrocentric university where African thought can be appreciated. there are huge gaping differences between people in South Africa and that is why you need dialogue, which you can't have without its monuments and statues.

  5. Beau Biden in public remarks:

    No music can fill the gaping void ... at least in my experience only faith. Only faith.


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