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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