sighed

Verb

sigh (third-person singular simple present sighs, present participle sighing, simple past and past participle sighed)

1. (intransitive) 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, frustration, or the like.
   • When she saw it wasn't damaged, she sighed with relief.

   Synonyms:

   suspire, sithe

2. (intransitive) To lament; to grieve.
   • He sighed deeply in his spirit.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 8:12

   Synonyms:

   sithe, yearn, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken, engrieve, erme, gloom, grieve

3. (transitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
   • Ages to come, and men unborn, / Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.1695, Matthew Prior, An ode presented to the king, on His Majesty's arrival in Holland, after the Queen's death

   Synonyms:

   grieve, lament, sithe, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beweep

4. (intransitive) To make a sound like sighing.
   • The wind sighed in the trees.

   Synonyms:

   sithe

5. (transitive) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
   • She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan.

   Synonyms:

   sithe

6. (transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
   • "I guess I have no choice," she sighed.

   Synonyms:

   sithe

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