Sigh

What do we mean by sigh?

To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief. intransitive verb

To emit a similar sound. intransitive verb

To feel longing or grief; yearn. intransitive verb

To express with or as if with an audible exhalation. intransitive verb

To lament. intransitive verb

The act or sound of sighing. noun

To heave or draw a sigh (see sigh, n.); make an audible inspiration and expiration indicative of some emotion; make an expressive respiratory sound: as, to sigh with grief or disappointment, or (less commonly) from satisfaction or the sense of relief.

Hence To experience an oppressive mental sensation; yearn or long, as from a special access of emotion or desire: often with for: as, to sigh for the good old times.

To make a sound resembling or suggestive of a sigh; sound with gentle or subdued mournfulness: said of things, especially the wind and its effects.

To emit, use, or act upon or in regard to with sighs or in sighing; utter, express, lament, etc., with sighing utterance or feeling: used poetically with much latitude: as, to sigh out one's love, pleasure, or grief.

A Middle English preterit of see.

See sie.

A sudden involuntary deep-drawn inspiration of breath, followed by its more or less audible expiration, usually expressive of some emotion or sensation: as, a sigh of grief, chagrin, relief, pleasure, or fatigue. noun

To exhale (the breath) in sighs. transitive verb

To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over. transitive verb

To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs. transitive verb

A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing. noun

Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan�ent. noun

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. intransitive verb

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.

Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.

A person who is bored.

Words that are spelled similarly to sigh:
sigh.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sigh:
cacophonous, sighing, soulless, heartless, lullaby, relief, oppressed, highness, opium, sorrow, thou, thy, vain, lips, breath, dear, motif, climbing, gamma, creature, sleep, narrator, silence, ladies, poem, die, wish, suddenly, soul, peaked, rolling, ask, flower, gone, say, seeing, pain, thompson, happy, heard, mind, everything, patrick, ray, love, metal, eyes, nothing, moon.

Words that rhyme with sigh:
lie, i, by, fly, eye, hi, pie, buy, high, tie, apply, die, ally, supply, identify, dry, sky, shy, wry, alumni, comply, belie, imply, awry, cry, reply, clarify, butterfly, try, verify, vie, deny, rectify, defy, guy, y, sly, indemnify, dye, ratify, goodbye, justify, decry, rely, fry, ply, ai, why, exemplify, my, nigh, alibi, bye, pi, thereby, pry, bae, chi, lye, edify, tai, qualify, aye, vilify, whereby, modify, mollify, specify, vi, underlie, lanai, satisfy, notify, codify, occupy, spy, rye, hereby, nearby, amplify, nye, bely, classify, bi, nullify, stultify, gadfly, mortify, ossify, sty, signify, psi, spry, testify, certify, quantify, standby, magpie, ly, alkali.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sigh:
deep, long, heavy, little, great, last, big, weary, audible, huge, collective, soft, drawn, faint, loud, exasperated, gentle, contented, low, profound, slight, happy, tired, impatient, resigned, involuntary, quick, half, relieved, exaggerated, satisfied, sad, quiet, inward, silent, frustrated, heartfelt, slow, suppressed, bitter, tremulous, occasional, regretful, gusty, enormous, wistful, sharp, mournful, stifled, grateful, ragged, tiny, mighty, melancholy, tremendous, dramatic, light, suffering, disgusted, latest, utter, sudden, inaudible, secret, painful, unconscious, broken, prolonged, mock, shaky, troubled, patient, theatrical, hopeless, disappointed, plaintive, smothered, immense, reluctant, sympathetic, would, prodigious, deeper, sorrowful.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sigh:
xix, tis, volume, breaths, xxi, system, teez, veintiuno, xvi, toe, limit, delivery, breath, answers.

Consonant match to sigh:
sea, saw, see, c, so, say, sow, sew, sue, sir, psi, si, sa, soy, sough, sai, sur, seigh, sioux, cie, cy, sci, sie, soo, sy, su, saugh, sao, suh, tsai, saye, tsao, siew, seay, sieh.

Words that sound like sigh:
sigh, sy, cy, sai, psi, psy, sye, tsai, saj, cye, suy, saie, seie, see, say, sea, so, saw, c, sue, sew, sow, se, sa, soy, si, su, cee, soo, sie, sou, ssy, sey, sae, suh, sci, sioux, soe, sough, sau, sah, ssa, cie, cey, sux, ciy, soi, sao, psa, tso, seh, seay, sei, tse, sih, tsy, saa, siy, sewe, sso, seigh, saye, soh, scy, c., scee, sawe, ciw, pssa, ssi, suu, seye, seau, seu, siew, sej, tsao, psu, saue, pso, psoe, sii, suw, cei, -cy, saah, -sy, ssie, ssu, c.e, hso, siao, sogh, syi, c.t, saugh, tsoi, cih, tsou, zai.