sigh

IPA: sˈaɪ

noun

  • A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
  • (figurative) a manifestation of grief; a lament.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) A person who is bored.

verb

  • (intransitive) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
  • (intransitive) To lament; to grieve.
  • (transitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
  • (intransitive) To make a sound like sighing.
  • (transitive) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
  • (transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
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Examples of "sigh" in Sentences

  • She sighed with despair.
  • Kennedy sighs resignedly.
  • They sigh and faint on the sofa.
  • Advisers sigh in relief after grim 2012.
  • The Germans sigh of relief at the weather.
  • He sighs and accidentally inhales the powder.
  • The deadline passed and fans sighed of relief.
  • The Germans heave a sigh of relief at the weather.
  • The principal sighed of relief and said to the teacher.
  • A mistress stood by the sea sighing long and anxiously.

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