sigh heavily

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• sigh — I UK [saɪ] / US verb Word forms sigh : present tense I/you/we/they sigh he/she/it sighs present participle sighing past tense sighed past participle sighed ** 1) a) [intransitive] to breathe out slowly making a long soft sound, especially because …   English dictionary

• sigh — sigh1 [ saı ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive to breathe out slowly making a long soft sound, especially because you are disappointed, tired, annoyed, or relaxed: sigh heavily/wearily/deeply: Jan sighed heavily and shook her head. sigh… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sigh — sigh1 [saı] v [: Old English; Origin: sican] 1.) to breathe in and out making a long sound, especially because you are bored, disappointed, tired etc ▪ Well, there s nothing we can do about it now, she sighed. sigh heavily/deeply ▪ Frankie stared …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sigh — 1 verb (I) 1 to breathe in and out making a long sound, especially because you are bored, disappointed, tired etc: “Well, there s nothing we can do about it now,” she sighed. | sigh heavily/deeply: Frankie stared out of the window and sighed… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• heavily — heav|i|ly [ hevıli ] adverb *** ▸ 1 in large amounts ▸ 2 very ▸ 3 to a large degree ▸ 4 with a lot of force ▸ 5 in uncomfortable way ▸ 6 slowly and sadly ▸ 7 slowly and loudly ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) in large amounts: They had borrowed heavily to buy… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sigh — vb Sigh, sob, moan, groan are comparable as verbs when they mean to emit a sound, commonly an inarticulate sound, indicative of mental or physical pain or distress and as nouns, such a sound. Sigh implies a deep audible respiration that is a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• sigh — [v1] breathe out heavily blow, complain, cry, exhale, gasp, grieve, groan, howl, lament, moan, murmur, pant, respire, roar, sob, sorrow, sough, suspire, wheeze, whine, whisper, whistle; concept 163 sigh [v2] long for ache, crave, dream, hanker,… …   New thesaurus

• sigh — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, great, heavy, huge ▪ little, slight, small, soft …   Collocations dictionary

• sigh — [saɪ] verb I 1) [I] to breathe out slowly making a long soft sound, especially because you are disappointed, tired, annoyed, or relaxed Jan sighed heavily and shook her head.[/ex] 2) [T] to say something with a sigh ‘I wish you had told me… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• heavily — adv. Heavily is used with these adjectives: ↑armed, ↑armoured, ↑biased, ↑concentrated, ↑congested, ↑contaminated, ↑dependent, ↑engaged, ↑exposed, ↑fortified, ↑indebted, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• sigh — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. suspire, sough, moan; long, yearn, or grieve (for). See wind, desire, lamentation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deep breath, sigh of relief, expression of sorrow, exhalation, whisper, rustle; see also… …   English dictionary for students