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Sighs

/saɪz/

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.

📖 Definitions of "Sighs"

noun

1
A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
2
Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.
3
A person who is bored.

verb

1
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.
"He sighed over the lost opportunity."
2
To lament; to grieve.
3
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
4
To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
"He silently sighed for his lost youth."

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