Dictionary Entry
sigh
sigh is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive 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, or the like.
- 2intransitive verb
Hence, to lament; to grieve.
- 3intransitive verb
To make a sound like sighing.
- 4transitive verb
To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
- 5transitive verb
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- 6transitive verb
To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
- 7intransitive verb
A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
- 8intransitive verb
Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.
- 9noun
an utterance made by exhaling audibly
Synonyms
- 10noun
a sound like a person sighing
"she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees"
- 11verb
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
"She sighed sadly"
Synonyms
- 12verb
utter with a sigh
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