sighing loudly
Breathing out dramatically
Sighing loudly is releasing a long, audible breath to signal frustration, exasperation, or impatience—often performed for an audience rather than as involuntary release: She sighed loudly when he suggested they watch another documentary.
The loudness makes the sigh communicative, a passive-aggressive broadcast of displeasure without direct confrontation.
- exhalingBreathing air outward
- deep breathThorough filling of lungs
- groaningEmitting deep, pained sounds
- huffingLabored, audible breathing
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
exasperated · weary · world weary · frustrated · dramatic · heaving · moaning · deflating · lamenting · breath · tired · annoyed · fed up · melancholy · heavy heart · resigned · wistful · shoulders
- pet peevesannoyance, irritation, frustration, aggravation, burping
- dramatic behaviortantrum, outburst, meltdown, scene, fit
- school mischiefspitballs, note passing, passing notes, cheating, copying
- interruptionsinterruption, cutting off, disruption, butting in, interjecting