Meaning & use
Repining
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Feeling or expressing persistent discontent or longing; fretting unhappily.
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She spent the long winter repining for the warmth of summer.
Instead of repining over his losses, he began planning his comeback.
A note on using this word
"Repine" is largely literary today, often paired with "without repining" to praise someone's uncomplaining endurance of hardship.
Words with a similar meaning
frettinglamenting
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Words with an opposite meaning
rejoicingcontenting
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