repining (Meaning)
repining
to long restlessly for something, to feel or express sadness or discontent, to long for something, to feel or express dejection or discontent
Synonyms & Antonyms of repining
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Synonyms:
- griping
- yawping
- inveighing
- beefing
- fussing
- growling
- grumbling
- wailing
- hollering
- grizzling
- nagging
- grousing
- bleating
- keening
- squawking
- murmuring
- kicking up a fuss
- yowling
- bellyaching
- kvetching
- carping
- muttering
- worrying
- whimpering
- kicking
- grouching
- yammering
- maundering
- crying
- grumping
- whinging
- crabbing
- bitching
- squealing
- whingeing
- caterwauling
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Synonyms:
- yauping
- caviling
- deploring
- bewailing
- quibbling
- protesting
- objecting (to)
- lamenting
- blubbering
- quarreling (with)
- stewing
- kicking up a stink
- bemoaning
- sobbing
- fretting
- cavilling
- croaking
- quarrelling (with)
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
repining Sentence Examples
- Emily's constant repining over her lost love made her a bitter and isolated soul.
- The abandoned puppy let out a plaintive repining, longing for its owner's return.
- The poet's heart was heavy with repining for the beauty that had once filled his life.
- After the breakup, Sarah's repining for her ex-boyfriend became an unbearable torment.
- The exiled prince repined in solitude, longing for the land and people he had left behind.
- The elderly woman repined for her departed youth, recalling with bittersweet fondness the memories of her past.
- The prisoner's repining for freedom echoed through the desolate prison walls.
- The jilted lover repined in sorrow, unable to reconcile himself with the loss of his beloved.
- The musician's repining for the symphony he had lost haunted his every waking moment.
- The traveler's repining for his homeland intensified as he traversed foreign lands.
FAQs About the word repining
to long restlessly for something, to feel or express sadness or discontent, to long for something, to feel or express dejection or discontent
whining, screaming,complaining, moaning, griping, yawping, inveighing, beefing, fussing, growling
rejoicing, taking, delighting, accepting, enduring, applauding, tolerating,bearing, countenancing, commending
Emily's constant repining over her lost love made her a bitter and isolated soul.
The abandoned puppy let out a plaintive repining, longing for its owner's return.
The poet's heart was heavy with repining for the beauty that had once filled his life.
After the breakup, Sarah's repining for her ex-boyfriend became an unbearable torment.
