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Sigh

//saɪ// intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.

    "Sigh, I'm so bored at work today."

Noun
  1. 1
    A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.

    "To Pollyanna the air was all the more stifling after that cool breath of the out of doors; but she did not complain. She only drew a long quivering sigh."

  2. 2
    an utterance made by exhaling audibly wordnet
  3. 3
    a manifestation of grief; a lament. figuratively
  4. 4
    a sound like a person sighing wordnet
  5. 5
    A person who is bored. Cockney, slang
Verb
  1. 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. intransitive

    "When she saw it wasn't damaged, she sighed with relief."

  2. 2
    heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily wordnet
  3. 3
    To lament; to grieve. intransitive

    "He sighed deeply in his spirit."

  4. 4
    utter with a sigh wordnet
  5. 5
    To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over. transitive

    "Ages to come, and men unborn, / Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate."

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  1. 6
    To make a sound like sighing. intransitive

    "The wind sighed in the trees."

  2. 7
    To exhale (the breath) in sighs. transitive

    "She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan."

  3. 8
    To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs. transitive

    ""I guess I have no choice," she sighed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English sighe (“sigh”), from sighen (“to sigh”) (see [[#Etymology 1]]).

Etymology 3

From Middle English sighe (“sigh”), from sighen (“to sigh”) (see [[#Etymology 1]]).

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