Sighing

sigh  (s)

v. sighed, sigh·ing, sighs

v.intr.

1.

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

b. To emit a similar sound: willows sighing in the wind.

2. To feel longing or grief; yearn: sighing for their lost youth.

v.tr.

1. To express with or as if with an audible exhalation.

2. Archaic To lament.

n.

The act or sound of sighing.

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[Middle English sighen, probably back-formation from sighte, past tense of siken, to sigh, from Old English scan.]

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sigher n.