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repine
[ ri-pahyn ]
verb (used without object)
- to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
repine
/ rɪˈpaɪn /
verb
- intr to be fretful or low-spirited through discontent
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Other Words From
- re·piner noun
- unre·pined adjective
- unre·pining adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of repine1
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Example Sentences
Seek not then to stay me; when the Great Spirit calleth, weep not and repine not, for then is the hour of my deliverance.
"We must not repine," he wrote to his wife on the 12th of October, the day after Hood sailed for England.
But there—we must not repine—even in my sorrow, I feel how much we have to be thankful for.
But for us it is not fitting to question or repine, but rather to rejoice in the rare possession that we hold.
I repine, I find a reluctation of spirit against believing that this is the place.
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