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as a verb: - 1
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sigh
noun
1 sigh
An utterance made by exhaling audibly.
synonym: suspiration.
Roget 839:
lament,
lamentation;
wail,
complaint,
plaint,
murmur,
mutter,
grumble,
groan,
moan,
whine,
whimper,
sob,
sigh,
suspiration,
heaving,
deep sigh.
cry
etc.
(vociferation)
411;
scream,
howl;
outcry,
wail of woe,
ululation;
frown,
scowl.
tear;
weeping
etc.
v.;
flood of tears,
fit of crying,
lacrimation,
lachrymation†,
melting mood,
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
plaintiveness
etc.
adj.;
languishment†;
condolence
etc.
915.
mourning,
weeds,
willow,
cypress,
crape,
deep mourning;
sackcloth and ashes;
lachrymatory†;
knell
etc.
363;
deep death song,
dirge,
coronach†,
nenia†,
requiem,
elegy,
epicedium†;
threne†;
monody,
threnody;
jeremiad,
jeremiade†;
ullalulla†.
mourner;
grumbler
etc.
(discontent)
832;
Noobe;
Heraclitus.
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Polish: westchnienie
2 sigh
A sound like a person sighing.
Dutch: verzuchting, zucht, klacht
verb
1 sigh
Heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily:
— She sighed sadly.
synonym: suspire.
Roget 839:
lament,
mourn,
deplore,
grieve,
weep over;
bewail,
bemoan;
condole with
etc.
915;
fret
etc.
(suffer)
828;
wear mourning,
go into mourning,
put on mourning;
wear the willow,
wear sackcloth and ashes;
infandum renovare dolorem [Lat.]
[Vergil];
etc.
(regret)
833
give sorrow words.
sigh;
give a sigh,
heave,
fetch a sigh;
waft a sigh from Indus to the pole"
[Pope];
sigh 'like a furnace'"
[As you Like It];
wail.
cry,
weep,
sob,
greet,
blubber,
pipe,
snivel,
bibber†,
whimper,
pule;
pipe one's eye;
drop tears,
shed tears,
drop a tear,
shed a tear;
melt into tears,
burst into tears;
fondre en larmes [Fr.];
cry oneself blind,
cry one's eyes out;
yammer.
scream
etc.
(cry out)
411;
mew
etc.
(animal sounds)
412;
groan,
moan,
whine;
roar;
roar like a bull,
bellow like a bull;
cry out lustily,
rend the air.
frown,
scowl,
make a wry face,
gnash one's teeth,
wring one's hands,
tear one's hair,
beat one's breast,
roll on the ground,
burst with grief.
complain,
murmur,
mutter,
grumble,
growl,
clamor,
make a fuss about,
croak,
grunt,
maunder;
deprecate
etc.
(disapprove)
932.
cry out before one is hurt,
complain without cause.
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2 sigh
Utter with a sigh.
Dutch: zuchten
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