Sigh
[saɪ]
Definition
(noun.) an utterance made by exhaling audibly.
(noun.) a sound like a person sighing; 'she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees'.
(verb.) heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; 'She sighed sadly'.
(verb.) utter with a sigh.
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Definition
(v. i.) 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, or the like.
(v. i.) Hence, to lament; to grieve.
(v. i.) To make a sound like sighing.
(v. t.) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
(v. t.) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
(v. t.) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
(v. i.) A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
(v. i.) Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.
Editor: Warren
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Long breath.
Editor: Rodney
Definition
v.i. to inhale and respire with a long deep and audible breathing as in love or grief: to sound like sighing.—v.t. to express by sighs.—n. a long deep audible respiration.—n. Sigh′er.—adj. Sigh′ful.—adv. Sigh′ingly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are sighing over any trouble or sad event, denotes that you will have unexpected sadness, but some redeeming brightness in your season of trouble. To hear the sighing of others, foretells that the misconduct of dear friends will oppress you with a weight of gloom.
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Examples
- Oh, certainly, certainly, answered Mr. Baker with a sigh of relief. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Sitting close behind her, I heard her sigh. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And Jo resigned herself with a sigh. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- No need to ponder the cause or the course of that sigh; I knew it was wakened by beauty; I knew it pursued Ginevra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A long sigh floated past them on the still waters, like the melancholy cry of a bird, and died away sadly in the distance. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I believe it is very true, my dear, indeed, said Mr. Woodhouse, with a sigh. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Maurice, leaning forward with a sigh, took a handful of nuts, which he proceeded to crack in a listless fashion. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The wind sighed low in the firs: all was moorland loneliness and midnight hush. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I'm better now, she sighed, looking up at me quietly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Elinor sighed over the fancied necessity of this; but to a man and a soldier she presumed not to censure it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- No sleep was there: the inmate was walking restlessly from wall to wall; and again and again he sighed while I listened. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Pleasant, pleasant country,' sighed the enthusiastic gentleman, as he opened his lattice window. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mrs. Clements sighed and shook her head doubtfully. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Oliver knew this too well; but thinking it might be dangerous to express his feelings more openly, he only sighed, and went on with his boot-cleaning. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The Bridge of Sighs, of course--and next the Church and the Great Square of St. Mark, the Bronze Horses, and the famous Lion of St. Mark. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There escaped from Eustacia one of those shivering sighs which used to shake her like a pestilent blast. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The doomed man was marched down a hall and out at a door-way into the covered Bridge of Sighs, through it and into the dungeon and unto his death. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Edmund's deep sighs often reached Fanny. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Margaret sat at the window, looking out at the lamps and the street, but seeing nothing,--only alive to her father's heavy sighs. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- To thee do we send up our sighs, mournings and weepings in this valley of tears-- Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was now at my feet, the humble sighing, adoring, suppliant lover again. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I dare say, returned Harriet, sighing again, I dare say she was very much attached to him. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Thank you, returned Argyle, sighing. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Calypso sighing for Ulysses, observed Crispin, without altering his position; though I dare say it is only the wind moaning through the ropes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Yielding, therefore, the chair at the bedside to the quaint old housekeeper, Volumnia sits at a table a little removed, sympathetically sighing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What she uttered was a lengthened sighing, apparently at something in her mind which had led to her presence here. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Was he bewitched by those beautiful eyes, that soft, half-open, sighing mouth which lay so close upon his shoulder only yesterday? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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