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What (who) is Sigh - definition
JAPANESE METAL BAND
Mirai Kawashima
sigh
COMMUNICATION OF ADDITIONAL MEANING, NUANCE, OR EMOTION IN SPEECH
Tone of voice; Paralinguistics; Paralinguistic; Sigh; Sighs; Paralingual; Moaning; Sighing; Gasp; Gasping; Gasps; Non linguistic sounds; Nonlinguistic sounds; Groans; Moan; Groan; Moans; Groaning
(sighs, sighing, sighed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When you sigh, you let out a deep breath, as a way of expressing feelings such as disappointment, tiredness, or pleasure.
Michael sighed wearily...
Dad sighed and stood up.
VERB: V prep/adv, V
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Sigh is also a noun.
She kicked off her shoes with a sigh...
N-COUNT
2.
If you sigh something, you say it with a sigh.
'Oh, sorry. I forgot.'-'Everyone forgets,' the girl sighed.
VERB: V with quote
3.
If people breathe or heave a sigh of relief, they feel happy that something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.
There was a big sigh of relief once the economic reform plan was agreed...
PHRASE: sigh inflects, PHR after v
sigh
COMMUNICATION OF ADDITIONAL MEANING, NUANCE, OR EMOTION IN SPEECH
Tone of voice; Paralinguistics; Paralinguistic; Sigh; Sighs; Paralingual; Moaning; Sighing; Gasp; Gasping; Gasps; Non linguistic sounds; Nonlinguistic sounds; Groans; Moan; Groan; Moans; Groaning
¦ noun
1. a long, deep, audible exhalation expressing sadness, tiredness, relief, etc.
2. a sound resembling this.
¦ verb
1. emit a sigh.
2. (sigh for) literary yearn for.
Origin
ME (as v.): prob. a back-form. from sighte, past tense of siche, sike, from OE sican.
Sigh
COMMUNICATION OF ADDITIONAL MEANING, NUANCE, OR EMOTION IN SPEECH
Tone of voice; Paralinguistics; Paralinguistic; Sigh; Sighs; Paralingual; Moaning; Sighing; Gasp; Gasping; Gasps; Non linguistic sounds; Nonlinguistic sounds; Groans; Moan; Groan; Moans; Groaning
·vi To make a sound like sighing.
II. Sigh ·vt To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
III. Sigh ·vt To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
IV. Sigh ·vt To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
V. Sigh ·vi Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.
VI. Sigh ·vi Hence, to lament; to Grieve.
VII. Sigh ·vi A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of Sighing.
VIII. Sigh ·vi 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.
Wikipedia
Sigh (band)
Sigh (サイ, sai) is a Japanese experimental metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1989. They gradually shifted from a traditional extreme metal sound to a more experimental, avant-garde style employing symphonic, world music, and progressive elements. Their most recent album, Shiki, was released in 2022.
Examples of use of Sigh
1. "When those papers were signed, it was a sigh of relief, a sigh of Wow, this is really happening,‘" Larson said.
2. High–heeled women in saris crowd around it and sigh.
3. And, sigh, yes, the ‘Trousersnake‘ is pretty sexy.
4. Mention of Killing Me Softly elicits a weary sigh.
5. I breathed a sigh of relief every time she returned.