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pining

adjective as in languishing

Strong match

adjective as in longing

adjective as in lovesick

adjective as in wishing

noun as in appetence

noun as in appetency

noun as in hankering

noun as in longing

noun as in nostalgia

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Example Sentences

“My character was only intended to be in the pilot, and started out very weepy and pining for Archer,” says Greer.

Samwell Tarly starts the episode his same old pining, cowering self.

While on her honeymoon with poet W.B. Yeats, she was devastated to discover he was pining for another woman.

As the idea of commercial drones edges closer, one Colorado man is pining for the right to shoot them down.

If the downfall of Alex Rodriguez leaves you pining for a true sports hero, try skateboarder Danny Renaud.

I can't see father pining and fretting himself to death about his son, without doing something to relieve his mind.

While he was forced to be with us, he was weary of us, pining for his home, counting the hours to the prorogation.

She knew that Dorian Mountcastle was waiting there, heart-sick and restless, and pining for her presence.

General Gage and the troops under his command are penned up, pining in inglorious inactivity.

Yet, somewhere in the city, there must be women pining and longing for that waiting work.

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On this page you'll find 485 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pining, such as: ambitious, greedy, hungry, impatient, keen, and restless.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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