Definitions for sigh

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Spelling: [sahy]
IPA: /saɪ/

Sigh is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in sigh (ghis).

Definitions for sigh

noun

  1. the act or sound of sighing.

verb (used with object)

  1. to express or utter with a sigh.
  2. to lament with sighing.

verb (used without object)

  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:

Origin of sigh

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.

Examples for sigh

"I don't know that I've ever found it so," Katherine replied with a sigh.

"You're very kind," said Aunt Frank, with a sigh of bewildered relief.

“All our love for Kiev was poisoned by their revolution,” she concluded with a sigh.

Rob Marshall lets a sigh of relief erupt so loud it could be heard by giants in the sky.

And, among certain sections of society at least, provoked a sigh of relief.

The greetings of friends on the platforms at the different stations only made him sigh.

Strong, young, crisply uniformed, he or she would shake, sigh, stare blankly, or cry, recounting variations of this statement.

“We can blame Carrie Bradshaw for this,” says Shaunaq Arora, half-joking; his sigh tinged with the cloudy breath of his Gauloises.

"I am sorry you couldn't agree with Halbert Davis, Robert," she said, with a sigh.

He wears the look of one who is gnawed with envy, and he heaves the sigh of despair.

Word Value for sigh
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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