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pined

/paɪnd/

Meanings
  • verb

    to long for or yearn for something

    - "She has been pined for a promotion for years."
    - "Despite being in a happy relationship, he has always been pined for his ex."

Synonyms

afflict , torment , torture , droop , languish , long , yearn
Rhymes
Words rhyming with pined
pined , tined , dined , wined , chined
Variants
List of all variants of pined that leads to same result
pine , pined , pines , pining , pine after , pined after , pines after , pining after , pine for , pined for , pines for , pining for
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meaning 'to prick', 'to fasten with a pin', or 'to mark with a pin', the word 'pined' later came to mean 'to long for or yearn for something'.


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