Thesaurus: sigh

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1. v. i. 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.
2. v. i. Hence, to lament; to grieve.
3. v. i. To make a sound like sighing.
4. v. t. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
5. v. t. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
6. v. t. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
7. v. i. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
8. v. i. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.
9. n. an utterance made by exhaling audibly
10. n. a sound like a person sighing
11. v. heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
12. v. utter with a sigh