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The correct spelling is sigh.
How to pronounce sigh
/saɪ/
nounIPA: /saɪ/
Say it like: Si
The correct spelling is sigh. A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing. For example: "He sighed over the lost opportunity."
Usage Examples
“He sighed over the lost opportunity.”
“He silently sighed for his lost youth.”
“She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan.”
Meanings
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.
- 2.To lament; to grieve.
- 3.To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- 4.To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
- 5.To make a sound like sighing.
interjection
- 1.An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.
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