sighingn.

/ˈsʌɪɪŋ/

Etymology: < sigh v.

a. The action of the verb; sorrow, grief.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun]

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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [noun] > sighing

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α.

a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxvii. 9 Lauerd,..fra þe noght hid es mi sighinge.

a1400 Hymns Virgin (1867) 27 My loue is euere in siȝinge While y dwelle in þis way.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 2295 Whan þat þei were to-gidre sette, Þis Medea with syȝing first abreyde.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lxi. A I might geue vnto them..ioyful oyntment for sighinge.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 335 A plague of sighing and grief it blowes a man vp like a bladder.

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xx, in Poems 9 From haunted spring..The parting Genius is with sighing sent.

1703 N. Rowe Ulysses iv. i Your Breasts that heave with sighing.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 443 Often accompanied, in sighing, with deep and long drawn intonations, which we call groans.

1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. ii. 267 Sighing is a deep and long-drawn inspiration chiefly through the nose followed by a somewhat shorter, but correspondingly large expiration.

attributive.a1300 Early Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (Vesp. MS.) vi. 6 I swanke in mi sighinge-stede.1603 H. Petowe Elizabetha quasi Vivens sig. A4 Your sighing weedes put off.?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxi. 15 In the quiver were Arrows a number, sharp and sighing gear.1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. vii. 37 And o'er the flowing Bowl, in sighing Strain, [give me] To talk of wanton Cinera's Disdain.β. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 666 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 26 Crist[i]ne men þat saw þis thinge, faste cuth gret with ser sichinge.1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 333 Dolour Infinyte,..With sobbyng, syching, sorrow, and with syte.a1586 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems lii Oursett with inwart siching sair.1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 224 Was nocht but grief..And sichan' 'mang the monkish bands.

b. With a and plural. An instance of this; a sigh.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > sighing > [noun] > a sigh

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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [noun] > sighing > a sigh

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a1300 Cursor Mundi 1088 Quen he eie a-pon him kest, A sighing of his hert brest.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1040 Fyrumbras..made a grete syȝyng.

a1400–50 Alexander 5052 With sare sighingis & sadd for sake of his wirdis.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum ii. 6 As he lay in a certeyne tyme by the fire, in siȝyngis and gryntingis.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Qiii^v Shewyng the same with swete teares and often syghynges.

1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) x. 53 Thair is nocht wie Can estimie My sorrow and my sichingis sair.

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iii. 158 Broth made of an old cock..is good for long feavers, sighings [etc.].

1877 M. Arnold New Sirens 70 Round our hearts with long caresses, With low sighings, [1849 sighs hath] Silence stole.

2. transferred. Of the wind, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound > of wind > sough or sigh

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1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. v. 60 The poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern winde.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. v. 130 No sound was heard, except the sighings of the wind among the battlements.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Prince Athanase ii. ii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 252 The far sighings of yon piny dale Made vocal by some wind.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi The gentle sighing of a broken pane of glass.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 258 The sighing of the wind in the trees.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sighingadj.

/ˈsʌɪɪŋ/

Etymology: < sigh v.

1. Accompanied by, uttered with, a sigh. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > sighing > [adjective] > accompanied by sighing

sighingc1440

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [adjective] > sighing > accompanied by

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c1440 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 22 This man, cummynge a-forne the Auter.., with sighynge terys his mercy mekely besowght.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xvi. 68 And than to hym..I did complayne, wyth syghing teres depe.

1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 130 in Purple Island Sleep sighing word, stop all your discontenting; Sleep beaten breast [etc.].

1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xvi. 12 Wan they stand and sere..With dew all turned to tears; odour, to sighing ruth.

1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. iii. 252 Happy he, when..earth's sighing gladness Wrings the heart no more.

a. Of persons, etc.: That sigh(s). Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > sighing > [adjective]

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siking-

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [adjective] > sighing

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siking-

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 117 My sighing brest, shall be thy Funerall bell.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxxix. 255 In our happiest prospects, the sighing heart will confess imperfection.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 309 Successive loads succeeding broils impose, And sighing millions prophesy the close.

1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs III. xiii. 285 I am no gloomy, no sighing recluse.

1850 E. B. Browning Sonnets from Portuguese ix, in Poems (new ed.) II. 446 To let thee..hear the sighing years Re-sighing on my lips renunciative.

b. transferred. Of the wind, trees, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > rushing of wind > soughing or sighing

soughing1513

sighing1746

1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 192 Let sighing Gales breathe..in harmonious consonance to Him.

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 11 A wind Will rush out of the sighing pine-forest.

1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 139 Between the high banks of sighing reed.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 302 The sighing, whispering, sad-voiced water-oaks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sighing
释义	sighingn. /ˈsʌɪɪŋ/ Etymology: < sigh v. 1. a. The action of the verb; sorrow, grief. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] rueeOE teeneOE sorrowOE gramec1000 sytec1175 ruthc1225 dolea1240 balec1275 sighinga1300 dolour13.. ermingc1300 heartbreakc1330 discomfortc1350 griefa1375 tristourc1380 desolation1382 sichinga1387 tristesse1390 compassiona1400 rueinga1400 smarta1400 displeasure14.. gremec1400 heavity14.. dillc1420 notea1425 discomforturec1450 dolefulnessc1450 wandremec1450 regratec1485 doleance1490 trista1510 mispleasance1532 pathologiesa1586 balefulness1590 drearing1591 distressedness1592 woenessa1600 desertion1694 ruesomeness1881 schmerz1887 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [noun] > sighing sighinga1300 sikinga1300 sikea1325 sichinga1387 sightinga1400 sithingc1450 suspiration?1504 suspiringc1550 heavea1571 α. a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxvii. 9 Lauerd,..fra þe noght hid es mi sighinge. a1400 Hymns Virgin (1867) 27 My loue is euere in siȝinge While y dwelle in þis way. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 2295 Whan þat þei were to-gidre sette, Þis Medea with syȝing first abreyde. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lxi. A I might geue vnto them..ioyful oyntment for sighinge. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 335 A plague of sighing and grief it blowes a man vp like a bladder. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xx, in Poems 9 From haunted spring..The parting Genius is with sighing sent. 1703 N. Rowe Ulysses iv. i Your Breasts that heave with sighing. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 443 Often accompanied, in sighing, with deep and long drawn intonations, which we call groans. 1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. ii. 267 Sighing is a deep and long-drawn inspiration chiefly through the nose followed by a somewhat shorter, but correspondingly large expiration. attributive.a1300 Early Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (Vesp. MS.) vi. 6 I swanke in mi sighinge-stede.1603 H. Petowe Elizabetha quasi Vivens sig. A4 Your sighing weedes put off.?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxi. 15 In the quiver were Arrows a number, sharp and sighing gear.1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. vii. 37 And o'er the flowing Bowl, in sighing Strain, [give me] To talk of wanton Cinera's Disdain.β. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 666 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 26 Crist[i]ne men þat saw þis thinge, faste cuth gret with ser sichinge.1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 333 Dolour Infinyte,..With sobbyng, syching, sorrow, and with syte.a1586 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems lii Oursett with inwart siching sair.1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 224 Was nocht but grief..And sichan' 'mang the monkish bands. b. With a and plural. An instance of this; a sigh. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > sighing > [noun] > a sigh sichec1000 sike?c1225 sighinga1300 sighta1375 sighc1381 sithe?1553 sospire?1578 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [noun] > sighing > a sigh sichec1000 sike?c1225 sighinga1300 sighta1375 sighc1381 soughc1386 suspirec1450 sithe?1553 sospire?1578 a1300 Cursor Mundi 1088 Quen he eie a-pon him kest, A sighing of his hert brest. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1040 Fyrumbras..made a grete syȝyng. a1400–50 Alexander 5052 With sare sighingis & sadd for sake of his wirdis. c1440 Gesta Romanorum ii. 6 As he lay in a certeyne tyme by the fire, in siȝyngis and gryntingis. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Qiii^v Shewyng the same with swete teares and often syghynges. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) x. 53 Thair is nocht wie Can estimie My sorrow and my sichingis sair. 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iii. 158 Broth made of an old cock..is good for long feavers, sighings [etc.]. 1877 M. Arnold New Sirens 70 Round our hearts with long caresses, With low sighings, [1849 sighs hath] Silence stole. 2. transferred. Of the wind, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound > of wind > sough or sigh sough1338 swough1338 soughing?a1400 sighing1653 sigh1810 swoof1825 souffle1879 suther1881 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. v. 60 The poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern winde. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. v. 130 No sound was heard, except the sighings of the wind among the battlements. a1822 P. B. Shelley Prince Athanase ii. ii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 252 The far sighings of yon piny dale Made vocal by some wind. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xxi The gentle sighing of a broken pane of glass. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 258 The sighing of the wind in the trees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sighingadj. /ˈsʌɪɪŋ/ Etymology: < sigh v. 1. Accompanied by, uttered with, a sigh. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > sighing > [adjective] > accompanied by sighing sighingc1440 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [adjective] > sighing > accompanied by sighingc1440 c1440 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 22 This man, cummynge a-forne the Auter.., with sighynge terys his mercy mekely besowght. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xvi. 68 And than to hym..I did complayne, wyth syghing teres depe. 1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 130 in Purple Island Sleep sighing word, stop all your discontenting; Sleep beaten breast [etc.]. 1821 P. B. Shelley Adonais xvi. 12 Wan they stand and sere..With dew all turned to tears; odour, to sighing ruth. 1842 I. Williams Baptistery I. iii. 252 Happy he, when..earth's sighing gladness Wrings the heart no more. 2. a. Of persons, etc.: That sigh(s). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > sighing > [adjective] sithing1570 sighinga1616 suspirious1751 siking- the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [adjective] > sighing sithing1570 sighinga1616 suspirious1751 suspiratious1824 suspirative1872 siking- a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. v. 117 My sighing brest, shall be thy Funerall bell. View more context for this quotation 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxxix. 255 In our happiest prospects, the sighing heart will confess imperfection. 1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 309 Successive loads succeeding broils impose, And sighing millions prophesy the close. 1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs III. xiii. 285 I am no gloomy, no sighing recluse. 1850 E. B. Browning Sonnets from Portuguese ix, in Poems (new ed.) II. 446 To let thee..hear the sighing years Re-sighing on my lips renunciative. b. transferred. Of the wind, trees, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [adjective] > rushing of wind > soughing or sighing soughing1513 sighing1746 1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 192 Let sighing Gales breathe..in harmonious consonance to Him. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 11 A wind Will rush out of the sighing pine-forest. 1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 139 Between the high banks of sighing reed. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 302 The sighing, whispering, sad-voiced water-oaks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1300adj.c1440
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