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PINING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of deep longing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("pining" is a kind of...):

hungriness; longing; yearning (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pining"):

lovesickness (a pining for a loved one)

Derivation:

pine (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb pine

Credits

 Context examples: 

Pining to be told.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)