'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
- ache,
- Aqua-Lung,
- artificial respiration,
- aspirate,
- aspiration,
- asthmatic wheeze,
- bark,
- bated breath,
- bawl,
- bellow,
- bemoan,
- bewail,
- blare,
- blat,
- blow,
- blubber,
- boom,
- bray,
- breath,
- breath of air,
- breathe,
- breathe hard,
- breathe in,
- breathe out,
- breathing,
- breathy voice,
- broken wind,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- chant,
- chirp,
- coo,
- cough,
- crave,
- crow,
- deplore,
- dirge,
- drawl,
- dream,
- elegize,
- exclaim,
- exhalation,
- exhale,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- expiration,
- expire,
- exsufflation,
- flute,
- gasp,
- give sorrow words,
- grieve,
- groan,
- growl,
- grunt,
- gulp,
- hack,
- hanker,
- hiccup,
- hiss,
- howl,
- huff,
- hunger,
- inhalation,
- inhalator,
- inhale,
- inspiration,
- inspire,
- insufflation,
- iron lung,
- keen,
- knell,
- lament,
- lilt,
- little voice,
- low voice,
- lust,
- maffle,
- moan,
- moaning,
- mourn,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- mumble,
- mumbling,
- murmur,
- murmuration,
- murmuring,
- mussitate,
- mutter,
- muttering,
- oxygen mask,
- oxygen tent,
- pant,
- pine,
- pine for,
- pipe,
- puff,
- repine,
- respiration,
- respire,
- roar,
- rumble,
- scream,
- screech,
- scuba,
- shriek,
- sibilate,
- sigh for,
- sighing,
- sing,
- sing the blues,
- snap,
- snarl,
- sneeze,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snoring,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- sob,
- sobbing,
- sock,
- soft voice,
- sorrow,
- sough,
- soughing,
- sound,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeal,
- stage whisper,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- still small voice,
- suspiration,
- susurrate,
- susurration,
- susurrus,
- thunder,
- trumpet,
- twang,
- underbreath,
- undertone,
- wail,
- warble,
- weep over,
- wheeze,
- whine,
- whining,
- whisper,
- whispering,
- whistle,
- wind,
- yap,
- yawp,
- yearn for,
- yell,
- yelp