Meaning & use
pining
Longing painfully for someone or something that is absent or unattainable.
See it in a sentence
He spent months pining for his hometown after moving overseas.
She sat by the window, pining after a love that had long since ended.
A note on using this word
Almost always followed by 'for' or 'after'; suggests sustained, sorrowful longing.
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