Meaning & use
Pined
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Suffered a lingering sense of longing or grief, especially for someone or something absent.
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He pined for his hometown during the long years abroad.
The dog pined by the door for weeks after its owner left.
A note on using this word
"Pine" in this sense is unrelated to the pine tree; it comes from an Old English word meaning "torment" or "affliction," related to "pain."
Words with a similar meaning
longedyearned
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