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Definitions for Sighing

[1] to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
[2] to yearn or long; pine.
[3] to make a sound suggesting a sigh: sighing wind.
[4] to express or utter with a sigh.
[5] to lament with sighing.
[6] the act or sound of sighing.
[7] (intr) to draw in and exhale audibly a deep breath as an expression of weariness, despair, relief, etc
[8] (intr) to make a sound resembling this trees sighing in the wind
[9] (intr often foll by for ) to yearn, long, or pine
[10] (tr) to utter or express with sighing
[11] the act or sound of sighing

Words related to Sighing

sighmoan, sob, groan, whisper, cry, whistle, murmur, gasp, exhale, howl, blow, sough, pant, roar, grieve, sorrow, lament, whine, respire, wheeze

Words nearby Sighing

sighsig., siganid, sigatoka, siggeir, siggo, sigh, sighful, sight, sight bill, sight draft, sight for sore eyes, a

Origin of Sighing

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English sighen, back formation from sihte sighed, past tense of Middle English siken, sichen, Old English sīcan to sigh; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

Words that may be confused with Sighing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, sighside, sighed, sighs, size, (see, synonym, study, at, size1)

Other words from Sighing

sigh·er , noun
out·sigh , verb (used with object)
un·sigh·ing , adjective

Word origin for Sighing

Old English sīcan, of obscure origin

Synonyms for Sighing

cry, exhale, gasp, groan, howl, moan, murmur, sob, whisper, whistle, blow, complain, grieve, lament, pant, respire, roar, sorrow, sough, suspire, wheeze, whine