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repine

[ri-pahyn]

verb (used without object)

repined, repining 
  1. to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.



repine

/ rɪˈpaɪn /

verb

  1. (intr) to be fretful or low-spirited through discontent

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Other Word Forms

  • repiner noun
  • unrepined adjective
  • unrepining adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of repine1

First recorded in 1520–30; re- + pine 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of repine1

C16: from re- + pine ²
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

She had not much time for repining, however, for the three young girls were busily employed in ‘having a good time’.

I will not pause either to accuse or repine.

“But the wife of Mr. Darcy must have such extraordinary sources of happiness necessarily attached to her situation, that she could, upon the whole, have no cause to repine.”

Freeman called Lee “the Southern Arthur” who “accepted fame without vanity and defeat without repining.”

Yet I have no fears now: what is done is done, there can be no repining.

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