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sighing Definition


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sigh
verb sighed, sighing
    intr
    1. To release a long deep audible breath, expressive of sadness, longing, tiredness or relief.
      Thesaurus: gasp, breathe, groan, suspire, lament, grieve.
    intr
    2. To make a similar sound, especially suggesting breakdown or failure.
      Example: We heard the engine sigh
    3. To express with such a sound.
    4. literary
      To regret, grieve over or yearn for them.
      Form: sigh for someone (often)
      Form: sigh for something
noun
    1. An act or the sound of sighing.
      Thesaurus: moan, cry, suspiration.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sican.



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