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Definition of Sighings

Sighing
Sighing Sigh"ing, a. Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. ``Sighing millions.' --Cowper. -- Sigh"ing*ly, adv.
Sighing
Sigh Sigh, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing.] [OE. sighen, si?en; cf. also OE. siken, AS. s[=i]can, and OE. sighten, si?ten, sichten, AS. siccettan; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.] 1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like. 2. Hence, to lament; to grieve. He sighed deeply in his spirit. --Mark viii. 12. 3. To make a sound like sighing. And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge. --Coleridge. The winter winds are wearily sighing. --Tennyson. Note: An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as s[=i]th is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States.

Meaning of Sighings from wikipedia

- The Bridge of Sighs (Italian: Ponte dei Sospiri, Venetian: Ponte de i Sospiri) is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone...
- Bridge of Sighs is a bridge in Venice. Bridge of Sighs may also refer to: Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge), a bridge in Cambridge, England Bridge of Sighs (Chester)...
- Sigh (****anese: サイ, Hepburn: Sai) is a ****anese experimental metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1989. They gradually shifted from a traditional extreme metal...
- released four studio albums: Sigh No More (2009), Babel (2012), Wilder Mind (2015), and Delta (2018). Their debut Sigh No More peaked at number two on...
- Sigh No More may refer to: "Sigh No More", a song by William Shakespeare appearing in Much Ado About Nothing Sigh No More (musical), a 1945 musical revue...
- Look up sigh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sigh is an audible exhalation, usually signifying some emotional experience. Sigh may also refer to:...
- or disgust. Like a sigh, a yawn, or a moan, a gasp is often an automatic and unintentional act. Gasping is closely related to sighing, and the inhalation...
- The Moor's Last Sigh is the fifth novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 1995. It is set in the Indian cities of Bombay and Cochin. The title is taken from...
- full sentence from Marx translates (including italics) as: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of...
- The Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge, England is a stone covered bridge at St John's College, Cambridge. It was built in 1831 and crosses the River Cam between...