sighed
- 1Simple past and past participle of sigh.
She sighed deeply before answering the difficult question.
The old man sighed as he recalled his childhood village.
Note
One spelling does double duty: the plain past (she sighed) and, after have, the perfect (she has sighed). Because sigh can also take an object, the form reaches beyond breathing out. It can carry words, as in "Fine," she sighed, or he sighed his agreement. It can also mean mourning over something: she sighed the loss of her youth. As a participle it can even stand passive, as in a farewell sighed rather than spoken.
sighed is a form of sigh
sigh, verb: To take in a large breath and let it out audibly, especially as an involuntary expression of fatigue, grief, or frustration. Full entry
- Spelling
- sigh → sighed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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