pining
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a feeling of deep longing
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Pine \Pine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pined; p. pr. & vb. n. Pining.] [AS. p[imac]nan to torment, fr. p[imac]n torment. See 1st Pine, Pain, n. & v.]
1.To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. [1913 Webster]
That people that pyned him to death.— Piers Plowman.[1913 Webster]
One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack.— Bp. Hall.[1913 Webster]
2.To grieve or mourn for. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Pining \Pin"ing\, a.
1.Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing. [1913 Webster]
2.Wasting; consuming. "The pining malady of France." --Shak. [1913 Webster]