sigh

Meaning

Verb

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, frustration, or the like.
2. To lament; to grieve.
3. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
4. To make a sound like sighing.
5. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
6. 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. a manifestation of grief; a lament.
3. (slang) A person who is bored.

Intj

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

Concepts

sigh

groan

moan

breathe

lament

drone

gasp

breath

suspiration

purr

pant

deep breath

suspire

alas

admire

long

long for

yearn

heave

mutter

exclaim

sighing

have a rest

yawn

ache

ache for

buzz

murmur

reverberate

vibrate

whir

whisper

complain about something

grumble

heave a sigh

grieve

deploring

grief

long breath

sighing in grief

breathe a sigh

sigh deeply

sough

wail

heave a sigh of grief

breathe hard

sock

t

despair

grunt

out of breath

wailing

rustle

boom

clatter

make noise

noisy

roar

rumble

breathing

oh dear

oh well

be sad

call

cry

exhale

sob

rest

rage

intone

regret

chant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saɪ/

Etymology

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”).