different between sigh vs exclaim
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
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exclaim
English
Alternative forms
- exclame [16th-17th c.]
Etymology
From Middle French exclamer, from Latin excl?m?, excl?m?re (“call out”), from ex- + cl?m? (“to call”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?skle?m/, /?k?skle?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
Verb
exclaim (third-person singular simple present exclaims, present participle exclaiming, simple past and past participle exclaimed)
- (intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 3,[1]
- I am a soldier, and unapt to weep,
- Or to exclaim on fortune’s fickleness.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Dublin: John Smith, Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 9, p. 33,[2]
- Very grave and good Women exclaimed against Men who begot Children and then disowned them.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Chapter 12,[3]
- This wretched note was the finale of Emma’s breakfast. When once it had been read, there was no doing any thing, but lament and exclaim.
- 1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985, p. 114,[4]
- […] he could remember Sally tearing off a rose, stopping to exclaim at the beauty of the cabbage leaves in the moonlight […]
- 2011, Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger’s Child, New York: Knopf, Part 4, Chapter 1, p. 285,[5]
- […] at the front door below a few guests were leaving, and the bright rectangle widened and narrowed as they slipped out into the night, laughing and exclaiming about the weather.
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 3,[1]
- (transitive) To say suddenly and with strong emotion.
- 1603, Michael Drayton, The Barrons Wars in the Raigne of Edward the Second, London: N. Ling, “Alice Countesse of Salisburie, to the blacke Prince,” p. 31,[6]
- Must she be forc’d, t’exclaime th’iniurious wrong?
- Offred by him, whom she hath lou’d so long?
- Nay, I will tell, and I durst almost sweare,
- Edward will blush, when he his fault shall heare.
- 1748, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random, London: J. Osborn, Volume 2, Chapter 40, p. 28,[7]
- […] her aunt, after having stared at me a good while with a look of amazement, exclaimed, “In the name of heaven! Who art thou?”—
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 12,[8]
- Without returning any direct reply, Miss Squeers, all at once, fell into a paroxysm of spiteful tears, and exclaimed that she was a wretched, neglected, miserable castaway.
- “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
- 2017, André Aciman, Enigma Variations, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, “Manfred,” p. 135,[9]
- You never pump your arm when you score, you never exclaim anything, you don’t even smile when you fire a perfect backhand straight down the line.
- 1603, Michael Drayton, The Barrons Wars in the Raigne of Edward the Second, London: N. Ling, “Alice Countesse of Salisburie, to the blacke Prince,” p. 31,[6]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:shout
Derived terms
- exclaimer
Related terms
Translations
Noun
exclaim (plural exclaims)
- (obsolete) Exclamation; outcry, clamor.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene 2,[10]
- Foul devil, for God’s sake, hence, and trouble us not;
- For thou hast made the happy earth thy hell,
- Fill’d it with cursing cries and deep exclaims.
- 1635, John Donne, “His parting form her”:
- Oh fortune, thou’rt not worth my least exclame [...].
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene 2,[10]
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