sighing
verbHow many syllables in sighing?
There are 2 syllables in the word sighing.How to pronounce sighing:
Definition of sighing:
- sighing (verb):
- to take a deep audible breath (as in weariness or relief)
Synonyms for sighing:
breathing
exhaling
gasping
huffing
inhaling
panting
puffing
sniffing
snorting
soughing
wheezing
yawning
Antonyms for sighing:
crashing
howl
howling
roar
rumble
rumbling
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- shutting
- burdened
- assent
- accuse
- sicken
- shoving
- mudding
- herald
- caresses
- wielder
- upbuild
- strongly
- starched
- reinforce
- oral
- grouping
- dachshund
- cueman
- needless
- knickknack
- casted
- truism
- tortured
- reweighed
- recur
- obi
- focussed
- adsorb
- unlinked
- flitting
- ensured
- barren
- wobbly
- sensor
- pleaded
- admires
- stylus
- shuttling
- sharpened
- jut out
- Dorren
- coxswain
- connote
- bazoo
- yellowed
- tableau
- stairway
- runback
- loosened
- honking
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