sigh

(Anglès)

Verb

1. (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.
2. (intransitive) To lament; to grieve.
3. (transitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
4. (intransitive) To make a sound like sighing.
5. (transitive) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
6. (transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

Noun

1. A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
2. (figuratively) a manifestation of grief; a lament.
3. (Cockney, slang) A person who is bored.

Intj

An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/saɪ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sighen

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sighe

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”).

Conceptes

sospirar

sospir

enyorar

xiuxiueig

xiu-xiu

Sinònims

groan

moan

breathe

lament

gasp

drone

breath

suspiration

suspire

alas

admire

pant

purr

deep breath

have a rest

heave

yearn

yawn

sighing

mutter

long

long for

exclaim

reverberate

roar

rumble

rustle

sob

😭

sock

sough

t

breathe a sigh

vibrate

wail

wailing

whir

whisper

be sad

heave a sigh

oh dear

oh well

sigh deeply

breathe hard

long breath

sighing in grief

grief

complain about something

ache

heave a sigh of grief

ache for

Traduccions

soupir

suspirar

sospirare

suspirar

Seufzer

seufzen

suspiro

soupirer

zuchten

ئاخ ههڵکێشان

kreunen

sospiro

wzdychać

suspiro

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