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PINING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of deep longing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("pining" is a kind of...):
hungriness; longing; yearning (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pining"):
lovesickness (a pining for a loved one)
Derivation:
pine (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb pine
Context examples:
Pining to be told.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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