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pining
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n. a feeling of deep longing
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pine \Pine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pining .] [AS. p[=i]nan to torment, fr. p[=i]n torment. See 1st Pine , Pain , n. & v.] To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. That people that pyned him ...
Usage examples of pining.
Therewas a pining tree on it, its mournful branches droopinggreenly, the sad needles hanging down.
He knew it was only the effect of the pining tree, buthe felt sorry for her misery.
There was a small ironwood tree splitting thedifference between the pining tree and the top of the cliffwall.
The cottage is built on a faerie hill with its raft, or palace, beneath, and she waits for him still, pining because she turned off happiness for sense, and he losing it for pride.
To reassure himself that she was all right, that she wasn't pining away?
She'd spent over two months pining for him, and now that she had him, she wasn't about to get cold feet because he was alert.
Carrol saw the girl’s altered face, she was illuminated with a new idea, and exclaimed to herself, “Now I understand it all – the child has been pining for young Laurence.
Too often had I witnessed the secret tear and bursting sigh of vain regret, the sullen pinings of discontent, and the mute anguish of despair.