Definition of "sigh"
- noun
A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.
A person who is bored.
- verb
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.
To lament; to grieve.
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
To make a sound like sighing.
To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- interjection
An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.
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