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Definition sigh
Etymology
From Middle English sihen, from Old English s?can. (The OE infinitive would have given ME forms with /t?/ or /k/, which are both attested, so the /h/ form is probably a back-formation from the preterite sihte.)
Verb
sigh (third-person singular simple present sighs, present participle sighing, simple past and past participle sighed)
- (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.
- (intransitive, transitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- (intransitive) To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
- (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.
Noun
sigh (plural sighs)
- A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
- Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person who is bored.
Interjection
sigh
- An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.
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