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| Main Entry: |
pine
 [pahyn] 
|
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | long for |
| Synonyms: | ache, agonize, brood, carry a torch, covet, crave, desire, dream, fret, grieve, hanker, languish for, lust after, mope, mourn, sigh, spoil for, thirst for, want, wish, yearn, yen for |
| Notes: | pine, fir, and spruce are quite different from each other - though they are all conifers; pine has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves and spruce is a type of fir; the only scientific difference between a spruce and a fir is that spruces have rectangular needles while firs have flat needle-shaped leaves |
| Antonyms: | despise, dislike, hate |
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| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want, long for |
| Synonyms: | aim, aspire to, be smitten, be turned on by, choose, cotton to, covet, crave, desiderate, die over, enjoy, fall for, fancy, give eyeteeth for, go for, hanker after, have eyes for, have the hots for, hunger for, like, lust after, make advances to, partial to, pine, set heart on, spoil for, sweet on, take a liking to, take a shine to, take to, thirst, wish for, yearn for |
| Antonyms: | not want |
| Main Entry: | dream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conjure up scenario |
| Synonyms: | be delirious, be moonstruck, be up in clouds, brainstorm, build castles in air, conceive, concoct, cook up, crave, create, daydream, devise, envisage, fancy, fantasize, formulate, hallucinate, hanker, hatch, have a flash, have a nightmare, have a notion, have a vision, hunger, idealize, imagine, invent, long, lust, make up, picture, pine, search for pot of gold, sigh, stargaze, sublimate, think, think up, thirst, visualize |
Example Sentences
- Even at low prices, they languish on the market, pining for buyers who can afford the taxes.
- And still others spend their days pining for the one that got away, thinking of new and creative ways to woo her.
- If you ever spent a restless self-questioning summer trapped at home, pining to be older.
| Main Entry: | dwindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste away; taper off |
| Synonyms: | abate, bate, become smaller, close, contract, decay, decline, decrease, die away, die down, die out, diminish, drain, drop, ebb, fade, fall, grow less, lessen, peter out, pine, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, subside, taper, wane, weaken, wither |
| Antonyms: | develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, save, swell |
| Main Entry: | eager |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho, hankering, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, dispassionate, unconcerned, uneager, unenthusiastic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decline, fall off |
| Synonyms: | abate, deteriorate, die, droop, ebb, fade, fail, faint, languish, peter out, pine, sag, sink, slump, succumb, taper off, wane, weaken, weary, wilt |
| Antonyms: | do well, increase, rise, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | hanker after/hanker for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | ache, covet, crave, hunger, itch, long, lust, partial to, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | hankering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong desire |
| Synonyms: | ache, craving, druthers, fire in belly, hunger, itch, longing, munchies, pining, thirst, urge, want, weakness, wish, yearning, yen |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | itch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
| Synonyms: | ache, be impatient, burn, chafe, crave, hanker, have a yen for, hunger, long, lust, pant, pine, sigh, thirst, want, yearn |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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