sighing

Speech parts

1. sighing - Noun

2. sighing - Adjective

3. sighing - Verb

Meaning

of Sigh

Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

miss blow breathing breath mourning crying longing weeping lament mourn whisper lamenting murmur exhale wailing
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Antonyms

hope treat happy pleasure fun happiness
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Anagrams

niggish Higgins

Examples

Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die. Lord Byron

I heard the sighing of the reedsAt noontide and at evening,And some old dream I had forgottenI seemed to be remembering. Arthur Symons

And all winds go sighing For sweet things dying. Christina Rossetti

Sudden Light I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the light around the shore. Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Where remedies are needed, sighing avails not. Italian Proverb

If there were no sighing in the world, the world would stifle. Creole Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sigher sighful sighfully sighingly sighless sighlike