Antonyms for pining

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pahyn

Phonetic Transcription : paɪn

Definition of pining

Origin : "coniferous tree," Old English pin (in compounds), from Old French pin and directly from Latin pinus "pine, pine-tree, fir-tree," perhaps in reference to the sap or pitch, from PIE *peie- "to be fat, swell" (see fat (adj.)). Cf. Sanskrit pituh "juice, sap, resin," pitudaruh "pine tree," Greek pitys "pine tree." Also cf. pitch (n.1). Pine-top "cheap illicit whiskey," first recorded 1858, Southern U.S. slang. Pine-needle (n.) attested from 1866.

verb long for

Example sentences :

This was no morbid sentimentalist; no pining, heart-broken woman.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

Now let us enter the carriage, for I am just pining to hear what it is you have on hand.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

I warrant that she is pining away for want of a crust of bread.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

None of us was pining to hold any sociables with the Malabistos.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

"Evidently you have all been pining for me," says Molly, gayly.
Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

But if he had been there and had overheard you own that you were pining for him, what a lucky chance it would have been!
Extract from : « A Love Story Reversed » by Edward Bellamy

But as for pining, I ask you whether any girl in her senses could pine for me.
Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson

And here was she pining in secret for him who pined for her?
Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade

I've been pining for a glimpse of The Kid's smile and your scowl.
Extract from : « The Rhodesian » by Gertrude Page

He was pining for a cigarette, but had not liked to desert his daughter.
Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for pining

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