pining
EN • English
//ˈpaɪnɪŋ//
Definitions & Usage
verb
#1present participle and gerund of pine
noun
#2The act of one who pines.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“the sullen pinings of discontent”
— 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest:
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