sigh

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

soupir

suspirar

sospirare

Seufzer

suspirar

seufzen

soupirer

suspiro

zuchten

sospirar

ئاخ ههڵکێشان

kreunen

sospiro

suspiro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sighen

Inherited from Middle English: 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”).