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Sighs

noun
/saɪz/
Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.nounA deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
2.nounFiguratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.
3.nounA person who is bored.
4.verbTo 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."
5.verbTo lament; to grieve.
6.verbTo utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
7.verbTo experience an emotion associated with sighing.
"He silently sighed for his lost youth."
8.verbTo make a sound like sighing.
9.verbTo exhale (the breath) in sighs.
"She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan."
10.verbTo express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
""I guess I have no choice," she sighed."

Synonyms

sitheexhalesgaspsgroansknowlamentsmoanstimesbreathsexhalationssuspirationssuspires

Rhymes With

scrutinizesurmiseaggrandizeemphasizerecognizeactualizeanalyzereprise
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