sighs

Meaning of sighs

noun
  1. A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
  2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.
  3. A person who is bored.
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.

Information about sighs

  • The singular form of sighs is: sigh.
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Hyphenation of sighs

sighs

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • sighs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

sighs synonyms

Meaning :

sithe

Words that rhyme with sighs

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