sigh

v., sighed, sigh·ing, sighs.

v.intr.

1. 1. To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.
   2. To emit a similar sound: willows sighing in the wind.
2. To feel longing or grief; yearn: sighing for their lost youth.

v.tr.

1. To express with or as if with an audible exhalation.
2. Archaic. To lament.

n.
The act or sound of sighing.

[Middle English sighen, probably back-formation from sighte, past tense of siken, to sigh, from Old English sīcan.]

sigher sigh'er n.

verb

To make a low, continuous, and indistinct sound: murmur, sough, whisper. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

noun

A low, indistinct, and often continuous sound: mumble, murmur, sough, susurration, susurrus, whisper. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

v

Definition: long for
Antonyms: dislike, hate

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(sī)
n

An audible and prolonged inspiration followed by a shortened expiration.

Complementary breathing cycles characterized by a quick, deep inspiration followed by a slower expiration; probably a compensatory mechanism to counter poor ventilation.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - sukke, suse dæmpet
v. tr. - sukke
n. - suk, sukken

idioms:

• sigh for    sukke efter

Nederlands (Dutch)
zucht, verzuchting, zuchten, verzuchten

Français (French)
v. intr. - soupirer
v. tr. - soupirer, regretter (qch), se lamenter sur (qch), gémir, bruisser
n. - soupir

idioms:

• sigh for    regretter qch

Deutsch (German)
n. - Seufzer
v. - seufzen

idioms:

• sigh for    sich sehnen nach

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανα)στεναγμός
v. - (ανα)στενάζω

idioms:

• sigh for    μαραζώνω για, νοσταλγώ

Italiano (Italian)
sospirare, sospiro

idioms:

• sigh for    anelare a

Português (Portuguese)
n. - suspiro (m)
v. - suspirar

idioms:

• sigh for    aspirar a, lamentar

Русский (Russian)
вздох, дуновение, вздыхать

idioms:

• sigh for    тосковать о чем-л./о ком-л.

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - suspirar, gemir
v. tr. - decir suspirando, lamentar
n. - suspiro

idioms:

• sigh for    suspirar por, desear con ansia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - suck
v. - sucka, susa, tråna, längta, sukta, sucka fram

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
叹息, 叹气, 叹息着说, 叹息声

idioms:

• sigh for    渴望

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 歎息, 歎氣
v. tr. - 歎息著說
n. - 歎息, 歎息聲

idioms:

• sigh for    渴望

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 한숨 쉬다, (바람이) 살랑거리다, 그리워하다
v. tr. - ~을 비탄하다, 한숨 지며 말하다
n. - 한숨 , 탄식, (바람이) 산들거리는 소리

idioms:

• sigh for    그리워 한탄하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ため息, 吐息, 嘆息
v. - ため息をつく, 嘆く, ため息まじりに言う, 嘆息して過ごす

idioms:

• sigh for    ため息をつく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تنهد, تلهف (فعل) يتنهد, يتحسر على, يتلهف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נאנח, יילל‬
v. tr. - ‮נאנח, יילל‬
n. - ‮אנחה‬

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