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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)

  1. (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.
  2. (intransitive) To lament; to grieve.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
  4. (intransitive) To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
  5. (intransitive) To make a sound like sighing.
  6. (transitive) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
  7. (transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

Noun

sigh (plural sighs)

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

Interjection

sigh

  1. An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

Results 499 Words with the letters SIGH

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8 letter words with the letters SIGH 
7 letter words with the letters SIGH 
6 letter words with the letters SIGH 
AGUISH 11
ASHING 11
BIGHTS 13
DIGHTS 11
EIGHTS 10
FIGHTS 13
GARISH 10
GEISHA 10
GHAZIS 19
GIRTHS 10
GOYISH 12
GRITHS 10
HAGGIS 12
HIGHTS 12
HINGES 11
HOSING 11
LAIGHS 11
LIGHTS 11
MIGHTS 13
NEIGHS 11
NIGHTS 11
OGRISH 10
RIGHTS 10
SHYING 13
SIGHED 11
SIGHER 10
SIGHTS 10
SKEIGH 14
SLEIGH 11
SLIGHT 11
THIGHS 12
THINGS 11
TIGHTS 10
WEIGHS 13
WIGHTS 13
5 letter words with the letters SIGH 
HIGHS 11
NIGHS 10
WHIGS 12
4 letter words with the letters SIGH 
GHIS 8
SIGH 8
3 letter words with the letters SIGH 
GHI 7
HIS 5
2 letter words with the letters SIGH 
GI 4
HI 4
IS 2
SH 4
SI 2

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