repine
11repine — intransitive verb Date: 1530 1. to feel or express dejection or discontent ; complain 2. to long for something • repiner noun …
12repine — repiner, n. /ri puyn /, v.i., repined, repining. to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain. [1520 30; RE + PINE2] * * * …
13repine — Synonyms and related words: be sorry for, bemoan, bewail, deplore, dirge, elegize, fuss, give sorrow words, grieve, keen, kick, knell, lament, moan, mourn, murmur, regret, rue, rue the day, sigh, sing the blues, sorrow, wail, weep over, whine …
14repine — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. fret, complain, mope, grieve, despond. See discontent, dejection …
15repine — re·pine || rɪ paɪn v. complain, express discontent, express dissatisfaction …
16repine — verb literary be discontented; fret. Origin C16: from re + pine2, on the pattern of repent …
17repine — v. n. Complain, murmur, croak, fret, grumble, be discontented, be dissatisfied …
18repine — v 1. regret, deplore, rue, rue the day; mourn, lament, moan, bemoan, bewail, sigh, Inf. sing the blues; reproach oneself, curse one s folly, Sl. kick oneself; cry over spilt milk. 2. complain, groan, grumble, moan, Inf. grouch, Inf. gripe, Inf.… …
19repine — re·pine …
20repine — re•pine [[t]rɪˈpaɪn[/t]] v. i. pined, pin•ing 1) to fret or complain 2) to yearn for something • Etymology: 1520–30; appar. on the model of repent I …
