'Sigh' definitions:

Definition of 'sigh'

From: WordNet
noun
An utterance made by exhaling audibly [syn: sigh, suspiration]
noun
A sound like a person sighing; "she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees"
verb
Heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly" [syn: sigh, suspire]
verb
Utter with a sigh

Definition of 'Sigh'

From: GCIDE
  • Sigh \Sigh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing.] [OE. sighen, si?en; cf. also OE. siken, AS. s[imac]can, and OE. sighten, si?ten, sichten, AS. siccettan; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.]
  • 1. 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, or the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, to lament; to grieve. [1913 Webster]
  • He sighed deeply in his spirit. --Mark viii. 12. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To make a sound like sighing. [1913 Webster]
  • And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • The winter winds are wearily sighing. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as s[imac]th is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sigh'

From: GCIDE
  • Sigh \Sigh\, n. [OE. sigh; cf. OE. sik. See Sigh, v. i.]
  • 1. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing. [1913 Webster]
  • I could drive the boat with my sighs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan?ent. [1913 Webster]
  • With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sigh'

From: GCIDE
  • Sigh \Sigh\, v. t.
  • 1. To exhale (the breath) in sighs. [1913 Webster]
  • Never man sighed truer breath. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over. [1913 Webster]
  • Ages to come, and men unborn, Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate. --Pior. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs. [1913 Webster]
  • They . . . sighed forth proverbs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief. --Hoole. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sigh'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Sigh'