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repine

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re·pine  (r-pn)
intr.v. re·pined, re·pin·ing, re·pines
1. To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
2. To yearn after something: Immigrants who repined for their homeland.
[Middle English repinen, to be aggrieved : re-, re- + pinen, to yearn; see pine2.]
re·piner n.
repine [rɪˈpaɪn]
vb
(intr) to be fretful or low-spirited through discontent
[from re- + pine2]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.repine - express discontent
kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
Translations
repine [rɪˈpaɪn] VI (liter) → quejarse (at de) → afligirse (at por)
repine
vi (liter) → hadern (geh) → (at, against mit)


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MY DEAREST MAKAR ALEXIEVITCH,--Are not you, my friend and benefactor, just a little ashamed to repine and give way to such despondency?
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Bennet still continued to wonder and repine at his returning no more, and though a day seldom passed in which Elizabeth did not account for it clearly, there was little chance of her ever considering it with less perplexity.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
But of this the charming girl never thought; she lived more for her grandmother than for herself, and so long as that venerated relative, almost the only one that remained to her on earth, did not suffer or repine, she herself could be comparatively happy.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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