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Nighest vs Sighest - What's the difference?

nighest | sighest |

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between nighest and sighest

is that nighest is (archaic) (nigh) while sighest is (archaic) (sigh).

As an adjective nighest

is (archaic) (nigh).

As a verb sighest is

(archaic) (sigh).

nighest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (archaic) (nigh)
  • Anagrams

    * *

    nigh

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (archaic, poetic) near, close by
  • The end is nigh !
  • * , 2006, Echo Library, page 185,
  • He at his head took aim who stood most nigh ;
  • * 1831 , , The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland , page 421,
  • By these and many histories more, it is most evident, that the more nigh salvation and deliverance approach, the more vehement is temptation and trouble.
  • * 1834 , , A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett , page 197,
  • The enemy, somewhat imboldened, draws nigher to the fort.
  • * 1889 , , Debates: Official Report , Volume 2, page 1408,
  • You then went to St. Andrews, the nighest ocean port.
  • Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
  • * Knolles
  • nigh kinsmen
  • * Bible, Eph. ii. 13
  • Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

    Usage notes

    * is used today mostly in archaic, poetic, or regional contexts.

    Synonyms

    * (near) close, close by, close to, near

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
  • night is nighing'', ''death is nighing
    nighing his hour
    a death-nighing moan

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Almost, nearly.
  • *, chapter=12
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor.

    Usage notes

    * Nigh is sometimes used as a combining form.

    Derived terms

    * well-nigh * nigh on * nigh-well

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • near; close to
  • When the Moon is horned ... is it not ever nigh the Sun?

    sighest

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (sigh)

  • sigh

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
  • Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) A person who is bored.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=5 citation , passage=A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed .
       ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’}}
  • To lament; to grieve.
  • * Bible, Mark viii. 12
  • He sighed deeply in his spirit.
  • To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
  • To experience an emotion associated with sighing.
  • To make a sound like sighing.
  • * Coleridge
  • And the coming wind did roar more loud, / And the sails did sigh like sedge.
  • * Tennyson
  • The winter winds are wearily sighing .
  • To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Never man sighed truer breath.
  • To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
  • * Shakespeare
  • They sighed forth proverbs.
  • * Hoole
  • The gentle swain sighs back her grief.
  • (archaic) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
  • * Prior
  • Ages to come, and men unborn, / Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • 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.

    Anagrams

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