repining
present participle ofrepine
repine
verb[I]
literaryuk/rɪˈpaɪn/us/rɪˈpaɪn/tofeelsadorcomplainabout something,especiallyabadsituation:
She wasaloneandunloved, but she did not repine.
Feeling sad and unhappy
- a dog's lifeidiom
- a long faceidiom
- angsty
- be cut upidiom
- be down in the mouthidiom
- be in a funkidiom
- be in bitsidiom
- distraught
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- lovelorn
- lovesick
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- wistful
- wistfully
- woe
- woe is meidiom
- woebegone
Examplesofrepining
repining
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It is no goodrepiningabout the past.
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Surely that person is likely to spend his sentence in prisonrepiningthe fact that we gave him this right and that he ill-advisedly chose to exercise it.
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What do you suppose caused all the dining andrepining?
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