sighing

Meaning of sighing

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.
    He sighed over the lost opportunity.
  2. To lament; to grieve.
  3. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
  4. To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
    He silently sighed for his lost youth.
  5. To make a sound like sighing.
  6. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
    She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan.
  7. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
    "I guess I have no choice," she sighed.
noun
  1. The utterance of a sigh.
    the groanings and sighings of the dying man

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Hyphenation of sighing

sigh-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • sighing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

sighing synonyms

Meaning :

sithe

Anagrams of sighing

Higgins

Words that rhyme with sighing

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