sigh

intransitive verb

To exhale audibly in a long deep breath, as in weariness or relief.

intransitive verb

To emit a similar sound.

intransitive verb

To feel longing or grief; yearn.

intransitive verb

To express with or as if with an audible exhalation.

intransitive verb

To lament.

noun

The act or sound of sighing.

See sie.

A Middle English preterit of see.

To heave or draw a sigh (see sigh, n.); make an audible inspiration and expiration indicative of some emotion; make an expressive respiratory sound: as, to sigh with grief or disappointment, or (less commonly) from satisfaction or the sense of relief.