English Explanatory Dictionary

sigh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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. To lament; to grieve.
  3. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
  4. To make a sound like sighing.
  5. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
  6. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
noun
  1. A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
  2. a manifestation of grief; a lament.
  3. A person who is bored.
intj
  1. An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

Pronunciation

sī /saɪ/ en-us-sigh.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sie.wav

Word forms

sigh sighs sighing sighed no-table-tags glossary sighest sighedst sigheth

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

suspire sithe yearn aggrieve besorrow condole darken engrieve erme gloom grieve grieven bleed lament moan mourn remorse repent regret rue sigh sorrow wayment afterthink becry begrieve bemoan bemourn bewail beweep deplore elegize keen mean pine wail

Derived words

besigh outsigh sigher le sigh sighful sighless sighlike sigh of relief yawn-sigh
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