sighs
/saɪz/
sighs is the plural of sigh.
sighs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sigh.
Meaning of sigh
Noun
sigh (plural sighs)
- A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
- To Pollyanna the air was all the more stifling after that cool breath of the out of doors; but she did not complain. She only drew a long quivering sigh.1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 7, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC
- a manifestation of grief; a lament.
- A person who is bored.
Phrases with sighs
Words that rhyme with sighs
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- arise
- capsize
- comprise
- guise
- revise
- abscise
- agrise
- apprise
- chastise
- despise
- flys
- guys
- lyse
- palatalize
- pies
- prise
- skies
- snies
- sties
- supplies
- surmise
- ties
- tries
- velarize
- aguise
- applies
- authorize
- ayes
- belies
- brise
- buys
- byes
- complies
- cries
- dies
- dries
- dyes
- excise
- eyes
- flies
- flyes
- four eyes
- frankenpies
- fries
- Frise
- hies
- highs
- home fries
Questions about sighs
- What is sighs the plural of?
- Sighs is the plural of sigh.
- How do you pronounce sighs?
- Sighs is pronounced /saɪz/.
Words near sighs in the dictionary
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