sigh
Betekenis (English)
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- 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 make a sound like sighing.
- To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
- To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
Synonyms
admire
deep breath
have a rest
breathe a sigh
be sad
heave a sigh
sigh deeply
breathe hard
long breath
sighing in grief
complain about something
heave a sigh of grief
make noise
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/saɪ/
Etimologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English sighen (“to sigh”), back-formation from sighte, past tense form of siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”).
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