pining
Meaning of pining
- suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.
she thinks I am pining away from love
Old English pīnian ‘(cause to) suffer’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijnen, German peinen ‘experience pain’, also to obsolete pine ‘punishment’; ultimately based on Latin poena ‘punishment’.
Information about pining
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of pining is: pinings.
- Languages in which pining is used:
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Hyphenation of pining
pin-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- pining is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pining synonyms
Meaning (of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak:
Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:
Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:
Meaning diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength:
Meaning (of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop:
Meaning (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled:
Meaning gradually grow faint and disappear:
Meaning mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way:
Meaning make (someone) feel disgusted or appalled:
Meaning bend or hang downwards limply:
Meaning think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried:
Meaning feel dejected and apathetic:
Meaning act in a dreamily infatuated manner:
Meaning reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time:
Meaning have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from:
Meaning measuring a great distance from end to end:
Meaning suffer from a continuous dull pain:
Meaning feel a deep yearning for (someone or something lost, unattainable, or distant):
Meaning have a strong desire or craving for:
Meaning have a strong desire for something:
Meaning feel a restless or strong desire to do something:
Meaning fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at):
Meaning feel or show sorrow for the death of (someone), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes:
Meaning express passionate grief about:
Meaning express discontent or sorrow over (something):
Meaning bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone:
Words that rhyme with pining
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