sigh
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sigh¹
- /saɪ/
Sounds like sie, sai, psi, xi, scye, Si, Sy, Cy · Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English sighen (“to sigh”), back-formation from sighte, past tense form of siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”).
verb sighs · sighing · sighed · sigh
- 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. When she saw it wasn't damaged, she sighed with relief.
- To lament; to grieve. He sighed deeply in his spirit.
- To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over. Ages to come, and men unborn, / Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.
- To make a sound like sighing. The wind sighed in the trees.
- To exhale (the breath) in sighs. She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan.
- To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs. "I guess I have no choice," she sighed.
sigh²
- /saɪ/
Sounds like sie, sai, psi, xi, scye, Si, Sy, Cy · Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English sighe (“sigh”), from sighen (“to sigh”) (see ).
noun sighs
- A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing. To Pollyanna the air was all the more stifling after that cool breath of the out of doors; but she did not complain. She only drew a long quivering sigh.
- a manifestation of grief; a lament.
- A person who is bored.
interjection
- An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts. Sigh, I'm so bored at work today.
