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.
Verb 4 meanings
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.
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
To make a sound like sighing.
“The wind sighed in the trees.”
Noun 2 meanings
A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
a manifestation of grief; a lament.
Interjection 1 meaning
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.”
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”).
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SIGH at a glance
SIGH has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + I 1 + G 2 + H 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,623 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sigh
All rhymes- HIGH11
- WEIGH12
- THIGH12
- OUTWEIGH15
- NIGH8
- SLEIGH10
- BOBSLEIGH17
- NEIGH9
- HEIGH12
- ULTRAHIGH16
- AWEIGH13
- LAIGH9
One letter away
- HIGH11
- SIGN5
- NIGH8
- SITH7
- SICH9
- SIGS5
- SINH7
- SUGH8
- SIDH8
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