sigh

Pluralsighs

Formssighs, sighing, sighed

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A long, deep breath you let out when you feel tired, sad, or relieved.

   Like the puff of air a balloon makes when you slowly let it go.

   She let out a long sigh after the test was finally over.

   His sighs grew louder as he waited in the long line.

   Similarexhalation, breath, groan, moan

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2. 2
   verbintransitive

   To breathe out slowly and loudly because you feel tired, sad, or upset.

   Like slowly letting the air out of your chest when you feel tired.

   He sighed when he saw how much work was left.

   Try not to sigh so loudly during the meeting.

   Similarexhale, groan

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3. 3
   interjection

   Used in writing to show that you feel tired, annoyed, or let down.

   Sigh. Another Monday and the coffee machine is broken again.

   I guess we have to start the whole thing over. Sigh.

   Similarugh

4. 4
   verbintransitive

   To make a soft, breathy sound like someone breathing out, the way the wind does.

   Like the soft sound air makes as it slips through a small gap.

   The wind sighed through the tall pines all night.

   Outside, the trees seem to sigh whenever a breeze passes.

   Similarwhisper, murmur, moan, rustle

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5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To let your breath out in long, deep, sad-sounding breaths.

   Patients learn to sigh slow breaths to calm themselves down.

   She sighed a shaky breath before opening the door.

   Similarexhale, breathe

   Oppositeinhale

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6. 6
   verbtransitive

   To show or say what you feel by sighing.

   She sighed her relief when the storm finally passed.

   He could only sigh his disappointment at the news.

   Similarvoice, express, breathe, murmur, utter

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7. 7
   nounfigurativelycountable

   A sad sound or words that show deep grief or sorrow.

   Like a song that is really just sadness turned into sound.

   The poem reads like one long sigh for a lost homeland.

   Her letters were full of sighs for the friends she had left behind.

   Similarlament, elegy, lamentation

8. 8
   verbintransitive

   To feel and show deep sadness about something.

   Like quietly missing something that is gone for good.

   The people sighed for the loss of their old way of life.

   Travelers still sigh over the ruins of the ancient city.

   Similargrieve, mourn, lament, sorrow, moan

   Oppositerejoice

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   verbtransitive

   To sadly mourn or grieve over a person or thing.

   The poet sighed the passing of a golden age.

   Mourners gather each year to sigh the dead of that long war.

   Similarmourn, grieve, lament, bewail, bemoan

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10. 10
    noundialectalCockneycountable

    A person who feels bored or has no interest in things.

    Don't be such a sigh. The party is just getting started.

    The sighs in the back row clearly wanted the lecture to end.

    Similardrag, bore, killjoy, misery

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