Dictionary Definition
gaping adj : with the mouth wide open as in
wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with
wonder"; "with mouth agape" [syn: agape(p)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪpɪŋ
Verb
gaping- present participle of gape
Adjective
- Wide open.
- a gaping hole.
Translations
- Finnish: ammottava
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abysmal, abyssal, agape, aghast, agog, ajar, all agog, amazed, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awaiting, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, bottomless, breathless, captivated, cavernous, certain, chinky, cleft, cloven, confident, confounded, cracked, cut, deep as hell, dehiscence, dehiscent, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, eager, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, expectant, expecting, fascinated, fathomless, fissured, fissury, flabbergasted, forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, gape, gappy, gauping, gazing, hopeful, hypnotized, in anticipation,
in awe, in awe of, in expectation, looking for, looking forward to,
lost in wonder, marveling, mesmerized, not surprised,
open-eyed, openmouthed, optimistic, oscitancy, oscitant, oscitation, overwhelmed, pandiculation, plumbless, plunging, popeyed, prepared, puzzled, rapt in wonder,
ready, rent, rift, rimose, rimulose, ringent, sanguine, slack-jawed, slit, soundless, spellbound, split, staggered, staring, stupefied, sure, surprised, the gapes, thunderstruck, under a
charm, unfathomable, unfathomed, unsounded, unsurprised, waiting, waiting for, watching
for, wide-eyed, without bottom, wonder-struck, wondering, yawn, yawning