sigh
verb
- verbally and physically indicate disappointment
- breathe heavily, once
- manner of speaking
noun
- deep prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /saɪ/
intj
Etymology: From Middle English sighe (“sigh”), from sighen (“to sigh”) (see ).
- 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.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English sighe (“sigh”), from sighen (“to sigh”) (see ).
- 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.
verb
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”).
- 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.”
“He sighed. It was going to be a long night.”
- 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.”
“The lassie had grace given her to refuse, but with a woeful heart, and Heriotside rode off in black discontent, leaving poor Ailie to sigh her love. He came back the next day and the next, but aye he got the same answer.”
- To make a sound like sighing.
“The wind sighed in the trees.”
“And the coming wind did roar more loud, / And the sails did sigh like sedge.”
- To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
“She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan.”
“sigh a note and sing a note”
- To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
“"I guess I have no choice," she sighed.”
“She sighed her frustrations.”