sighing
Syllables: sigh·ingUK/ˈsaɪ̯.ɪŋ/
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Canada/ˈsʌɪ̯.ɪŋ/
sighing adjective: accompanied by or uttered with a sigh. Also the present participle and gerund of sigh.
Adjective
sighing (not comparable)
- Accompanied by or uttered with a sigh.
Noun
sighing (plural sighings)
Also used as
sighing is also the present participle and gerund of sigh.
Synonyms of sighing
Forms of sighing
| plural | sighings |
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Origin of sighing
Inherited from Middle English sighynge. By surface analysis, sigh + -ing.
Words formed from sighing
Words that rhyme with sighing
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- bespying
- buying
- clying
- complying
- decrying
- defying
- denying
- descrying
- dyeing
- espying
- forbuying
- frying
- goodbyeing
- high-flying
- highing
- implying
- lyeing
- lying
- mistrying
- nighing
- outvying
- pieing
- plying
- prying
- rebuying
- redyeing
- refrying
- relying
- replying
- retrying
- retying
- scrying
- shanghaiing
- shying
- skying
- speed flying
- spying
- stying
- supplying
- thighing
- unbuying
- uncrying
- undrying
- undyeing
- undying
- unflying
- unfrying
- unlying
Questions about sighing
- What does sighing mean?
- Sighing means accompanied by or uttered with a sigh.
- What part of speech is sighing?
- Sighing can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sighing?
- Sighing is pronounced /ˈsaɪ̯.ɪŋ/ (UK).
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