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pining
adjective as in eager
adjective as in languid
adjective as in languishing
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adjective as in languorous
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adjective as in longing
adjective as in lovesick
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adjective as in lymphatic
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- apathetic
- blah
- blahs
- comatose
- dopey
- easy
- energyless
- enervated
- faint
- feeble
- flagging
- heavy
- impassive
- inactive
- indifferent
- inert
- infirm
- lackadaisical
- laid-back
- languishing
- languorous
- lazy
- leaden
- leisurely
- lethargic
- limp
- listless
- moony
- nebbish
- phlegmatic
- sickly
- sleepyhead
- slow
- sluggish
- snoozy
- spiritless
- supine
- torpid
- unconcerned
- unenthusiastic
- unhurried
- uninterested
- weak
- weary
- wimpy
adjective as in sickly
adjective as in thirsting
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noun as in appetence
noun as in appetency
noun as in hankering
noun as in longing
noun as in mourning
noun as in nostalgia
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noun as in will
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Example Sentences
“My character was only intended to be in the pilot, and started out very weepy and pining for Archer,” says Greer.
Samwell Tarly starts the episode his same old pining, cowering self.
While on her honeymoon with poet W.B. Yeats, she was devastated to discover he was pining for another woman.
As the idea of commercial drones edges closer, one Colorado man is pining for the right to shoot them down.
If the downfall of Alex Rodriguez leaves you pining for a true sports hero, try skateboarder Danny Renaud.
I can't see father pining and fretting himself to death about his son, without doing something to relieve his mind.
While he was forced to be with us, he was weary of us, pining for his home, counting the hours to the prorogation.
She knew that Dorian Mountcastle was waiting there, heart-sick and restless, and pining for her presence.
General Gage and the troops under his command are penned up, pining in inglorious inactivity.
Yet, somewhere in the city, there must be women pining and longing for that waiting work.
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On this page you'll find 485 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pining, such as: ambitious, greedy, hungry, impatient, keen, and restless.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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