Sigh

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.

Hence, to lament; to grieve.

To make a sound like sighing.

To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.

Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.