Meaning of SIGH in English

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.

Use in sentences of SIGH

Meaning of SIGH in English

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.
Hence, to lament; to grieve.
To make a sound like sighing.
To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.