sigh

English

/saɪ/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) 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.
  • (intransitive) To lament; to grieve.
  • (intransitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
  • (intransitive) To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
  • (intransitive) To make a sound like sighing.
  • (transitive) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
  • (transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sihen inherited from Old English sīcan (sigh).

Origin

Old English

sīcan

Gloss

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