different between sigh vs eigh
sigh
English
Etymology
From Middle English sihen, from Old English s?can. (The OE infinitive would have given ME forms with /t?/ or /k/, which are both attested, so the /h/ form is probably a back-formation from the preterite sihte.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: sie, sai, psi, xi, scye, Si, Sy, Cy
Verb
sigh (third-person singular simple present sighs, present participle sighing, simple past and past participle sighed)
- (intransitive) 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, frustration, or the like.
- (intransitive) To lament; to grieve.
- He sighed deeply in his spirit.
- (intransitive, transitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- 1695, Matthew Prior, An ode presented to the king, on His Majesty's arrival in Holland, after the Queen's death
- Ages to come, and men unborn, / Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.
- 1695, Matthew Prior, An ode presented to the king, on His Majesty's arrival in Holland, after the Queen's death
- (intransitive) To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
- (intransitive) To make a sound like sighing.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- And the coming wind did roar more loud, / And the sails did sigh like sedge.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Death of the Old Year
- The winter winds are wearily sighing.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- (transitive) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
- (transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
- 1763, John Hoole (translator), Jerusalem Delivered (by Torquato Tasso
- The gentle swain […] sighs back her grief.
- 1763, John Hoole (translator), Jerusalem Delivered (by Torquato Tasso
Synonyms
- (all): sithe (obsolete)
Translations
Noun
sigh (plural sighs)
- A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
- 1913, Eleanor Porter, Pollyanna, Chapter 7:
- To Pollyanna the air was all the more stifling after that cool breath of the out of doors; but she did not complain. She only drew a long quivering sigh.
- 1913, Eleanor Porter, Pollyanna, Chapter 7:
- Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A person who is bored.
Derived terms
- yawn-sigh
Translations
Interjection
sigh
- An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.
- Sigh, I'm so bored at work today.
Translations
Anagrams
- Gish, gish
sigh From the web:
- what sight word
- what sign is september
- what sign is january
- what sign is march
- what sign is may
- what sign is july
- what sign is gemini
- what sign is aquarius
eigh
English
Interjection
eigh
- Alternative form of eh
- 1897, H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man (page 55)
- "Eigh?" said Kemp, with his mouth open. "Keep your nerve," said the Voice. "I'm an Invisible Man."
- 1935, Paul Green, This Body the Earth
- "Eigh, eigh! he's killed me!" Mr. Utley shrieked. But none of the students made a move out of their seats.
- 1897, H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man (page 55)
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- deigh
- eighre
Etymology
From Old Irish aig, itself from Proto-Celtic *yegis. Cognate with Irish oighear, Welsh iâ, and Cornish yey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ej/
Noun
eigh f (genitive singular eighe, no plural)
- ice
Derived terms
- eigh-bheinn
- eigh-shruth
- leac-eighre
eigh From the web:
- what eight states border tennessee
- what eight presidents died in office
- what eight characteristics are typical of arthropods
- what eight letter word
- what eight elements are in the earth's crust
- what eight letter word riddle
- what eighteenth century politician warns
- what eight ball means
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- sigh vs eigh
- caucasian vs chechen
- chechnya vs chechen
- greatuncle vs granduncle
- greatgreatgrandma vs granduncle
- granduncle vs grandniece
- granduncle vs grandnephew
- grandaunt vs granduncle
- parent vs granduncle
- uncle vs granduncle
- granduncle vs cousin
- particle vs minisphere
- colloidal vs minisphere
- sphere vs minisphere
- grandniece vs secondcousin
- grandaunt vs grandniece
- nephew vs grandniece
- daughter vs grandniece
- sister vs grandniece
- fraternal vs grandniece