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sigh

UK/saɪ/ US/ˈsaɪ/ fairly common slang
verb (2) noun (2)

verb

1.

heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily

  • “She sighed sadly”
Synonyms
2.

utter with a sigh

noun

1.
2.

a sound like a person sighing

  • “she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees”

Origin

From Middle English sighen (“to sigh”), back-formation from sighte, past tense form of siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”).

Phrases

  • le sigh
  • sigh of relief

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