sighing
Meaning of sighing
verb
- 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.
- To lament; to grieve.
- To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
He silently sighed for his lost youth.
- To make a sound like sighing.
- To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan.
- To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
"I guess I have no choice," she sighed.
- 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
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Words that rhyme with sighing
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