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verb
- 1. emit a long, deep, audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or a similar feeling: "Harry sank into a chair and sighed with relief" Similar
noun
- 1. a long, deep, audible exhalation expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or a similar feeling: "she let out a long sigh of despair"
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SIGH definition: 1. to breathe out slowly and noisily, expressing tiredness, sadness, pleasure, etc.: 2. If the…. Learn more.
The meaning of SIGH is to take a deep audible breath (as in weariness or relief). How to use sigh in a sentence.
noun. the act or sound of sighing. sigh. / saɪ / verb. intr to draw in and exhale audibly a deep breath as an expression of weariness, despair, relief, etc. intr to make a sound resembling this. trees sighing in the wind. introften foll byfor to yearn, long, or pine. tr to utter or express with sighing. noun. the act or sound of sighing.
The sound that you make when you exhale loudly to show frustration, boredom, or relief is called a sigh. No matter how much you sigh during your family's annual car trip to the Grand Canyon, your dad won't drive any faster.
When you sigh, you let out a deep breath, as a way of expressing feelings such as disappointment, tiredness, or pleasure.
5 days ago · A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing. 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 7, in Pollyanna [1], L.C. Page, →OCLC: To Pollyanna the air was all the more stifling after that cool breath of the out of doors; but she did not complain.
1. ( intr) to draw in and exhale audibly a deep breath as an expression of weariness, despair, relief, etc. 2. ( intr) to make a sound resembling this: trees sighing in the wind. 3. (often foll by: for) to yearn, long, or pine. 4. ( tr) to utter or express with sighing.
SIGH meaning: 1. to breathe out slowly and noisily, expressing tiredness, sadness, pleasure, etc.: 2. If the…. Learn more.
verb. sighed, sighing, sighs. To take in and let out a long, deep, audible breath, esp. in expressing sorrow, relief, fatigue, longing, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
Definition of sigh noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
