sigh

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To breathe out slowly and loudly, often to show tiredness, sadness, or relief.

   When she saw it wasn't damaged, she sighed with relief.

2. 2
   noun

   A slow, loud breath out that shows a feeling such as tiredness or relief.

   She gave a deep sigh and sat down.

3. 3
   verb

   Of the wind, to make a soft sound like a sigh.

   The wind sighed gently in the trees.

From Middle English sighen (“to sigh”), back-formation from sighte, past tense form of siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”).

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