repine
[verb]
Synonyms: complain, fret, grumble, moan

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repine noun.M16-E17.
[from the verb.]
The action or an act of repining.

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repine verb. [rɪ'pʌɪn] Now literary. LME.
[from RE- + PINE verb, after repent.]
1. verb trans. Cause trouble to. rare. Only in LME.

2. verb intrans. Feel or express regretful dissatisfaction; fret, complain. (Foll. by against, at, that.) E16.
■ C. P. Snow I don't say this isn't a..nuisance...Still, repining won't get us anywhere.
■ W. Golding Why should anyone repine at the more luxurious fate of another?
b. Long discontentedly for. rare. M18.
■ T. Gray These Ears..for other notes repine.

3. verb trans. Regard with regretful dissatisfaction; complain at. L16-L18.

■ repinement noun (rare) repining, discontent M18.

■ repiner noun M16.

■ repiningly adverb in a repining manner L16.

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